title: Emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute empyema of the gallbladder in pregnancy.
abstract: This report describes a pregnant patient on whom emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed for empyema gallbladder. The patient was in her second trimester of pregnancy. The distended gallbladder was decompressed before dissection was commenced. There was no mortality, morbidity or conversion. There were no complications for either mother or child related to general anesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Gem Hospital, Ramnathapuram, Coimbatore, India. rangy68@gmail.com
authors.forename: Muthukumaran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rangarajan
authors.forename: Chinnusamy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Palanivelu
authors.forename: Madhupalayam Velusamy
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Madankumar
authors.forename: Rangaswamy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Senthilkumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000601:surgery*; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery*