title: [Complications due to spilled gallstones and surgical clips left in the abdomen during laparoscopic cholecystectomy].
abstract: The presence of biliary gallstones and surgical clips in the abdominal cavity after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy can cause complications, which even though they are uncommon, can be serious. We carried out a review of the various complications, their incidence, related risk factors, ways to deal with them and recommendations to reduce morbidity associated with the presence of ectopic material (gallstones and surgical clips) in the peritoneum.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía General y Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Sur, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain. cjcastellonp@yahoo.es
authors.forename: Camilo J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Castellón-Pavón
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morales-Artero
authors.forename: Almudena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez-Pozuelo
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Valderrábano-González
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D042882:Gallstones / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013525:Surgical Instruments