title: Complications of retained intraperitoneal gallstones from laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
abstract: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is now the gold standard procedure for the treatment of symptomatic gall bladder stones. Spillage of gall bladder stones into the peritoneal cavity may occur due to inadvertent iatrogenic gall bladder perforation during dissection of the gall bladder. We report a case of a 66 year old woman who had to return to theatre three times over two years to deal with complications from retained intra-peritoneal gallstones that were spilt at her initial laparoscopic cholecystecomy.
authors.affiliation: Lyell McEwin Hospital, Haydown Road, Elizabeth Vale, South Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Dion
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Suyapto
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tian-Hui Tan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation; D013369:Subphrenic Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery