Rib-lifting method for retraction of the low-lying costal arch in laparoscopic cholecystectomy of gallbladder torsion with kyphoscoliosis.
Gallbladder torsion is a rare entity. Recently, laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become accepted as a standard operation for gallbladder torsion. Unfortunately, kyphoscoliosis is a risk factor of gallbladder torsion, and kyphoscoliosis results in a low-lying costal arch and disturbs the laparoscopic view. The present paper reports a new surgical procedure, a "rib-lifting method" for retracting the low-lying costal arch at laparoscopic cholecystectomy of gallbladder torsion with kyphoscoliosis.
Kuroki
Tamotsu
T
Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan. tkuroki-gi@umin.ac.jp
Tajima
Yoshitsugu
Y
Tsuneoka
Noritsugu
N
Adachi
Tomohiko
T
Kanematsu
Takashi
T
D000368:Aged; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012272:Ribs; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000601:surgery*