1. Gallstone extraction from a back abscess resulting from spilled gallstones during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a case report
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Chukwuemeka Igwe, Rhys Thomas, Chekwas Obasi, Sohail Singh, and Saqib Mehmood
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medicine.medical_specialty ,AcademicSubjects/MED00910 ,business.industry ,Gallbladder ,Abdominal Infection ,Bladder Perforation ,Case Report ,Gallstones ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,jscrep/080 ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,medicine ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Retroperitoneal abscess ,business ,Abscess ,Laparoscopic cholecystectomy - Abstract
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a routinely performed surgery nowadays. However, it is associated with certain complications. Gall bladder perforation during the procedure can result in spilled and lost gallstones. Lost gallstones most commonly cause intra-abdominal infection. However, very rarely, they can be associated with troublesome retroperitoneal abscess formation. We present a case where a lost gallstone caused a retroperitoneal abscess formation and was retrieved from a back abscess in the right paraspinal region.
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- 2021
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