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SUBMITTER: Horesh N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5227027 | biostudies-other | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Horesh N N Gutman M M Rosin D D
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 20160317 5
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy can be a challenging procedure in gallbladders with chronic disease. We describe a patient with chronic cholecystitis and difficult visualisation of the gallbladder at surgery who underwent laparoscopic hepatotomy along the drainage tube of the cholecystostomy. In this way, the gallbladder was identified to avoid non-visualisation of ductal anatomy. This exceptional solution should be added to the surgical options if anatomical recognition is difficult and complete r ...[more]