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  • Title: [Digestive complications of biliary gallstone lost during laparoscopic cholecystectomy].
    Author: Habib E, Khoury R, Elhadad A, Jarno F, Diallo T.
    Journal: Gastroenterol Clin Biol; 2002 Oct; 26(10):930-4. PubMed ID: 12434104.
    Abstract:
    A patient was admitted because of an intestinal obstruction. Eight years before, he underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Abdominal ultrasonography and small bowel series showed a gallstone in the small bowel that computed tomography scan failed to identify. Laparotomy showed a Meckel's diverticula and a biliary stone in the terminal ileum. In the literature, it has been shown that gallstone lost during laparoscopic cholecystectomy may be responsible for intraperitoneal abscess. In the contact of intestine, the stone may induce an obstructive abscess, a communicating abscess, a digestive fistula or a biliary ileus. During the postoperative course of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, these patients suffer from abdominal pain and fever lasting from few days to several months. Imaging shows the biliary gallstone mechanical complications induced by the stone. To avoid such complications, biliary gallstone that falls into the peritoneum during laparoscopic cholecystectomy should be removed under laparoscopy.
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