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- Title
Journey of a stone—thirty years on.
- Authors
Nan, Xinyi; Prabha, Ramesh Damodaran; Rashid, Muddassir; Patel, Bhavik
- Abstract
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard surgical treatment of gallstone disease and a commonly performed procedure in general surgery. Retained gallstones from intraoperative spillage remain largely asymptomatic and complications are rare. Peak incidence of presentation occurs within a year; however, it is important to recognize retained gallstones as a differential for acute presentations even many years postoperatively. We present the case of a 74-year-old female who presented with a retained-gallstone-associated abdominal wall abscess 30 years after spillage during the original surgery, which was successfully treated with a stepwise extraperitoneal approach with local drainage.
- Subjects
ABDOMINAL abscess; SURGICAL therapeutics; GALLSTONES; RETAINED surgical items; TREATMENT effectiveness
- Publication
Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2023, Vol 2023, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
2042-8812
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1093/jscr/rjad069