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- Title
Retrieval of Surgical Clip from Common Bile Duct by Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography: A Rare Complication of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
- Authors
Rasool, Shahid; Yahya, Khalid Mahmood; Rehan, A. G.
- Abstract
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the standard procedure for the surgical management of symptomatic cholelithiasis. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is generally considered a safe procedure although a few complications such as major bleeding, wound infection, bile leakage, biliary and bowel injury are well known. We are reporting a case of a thirty-seven year old male who presented with abdominal pain, three weeks after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Abdominal ultrasound revealed a filling defect in common bile duct with deranged liver function tests. With an impression of choledocholithiasis, his endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) was done which revealed a surgical clip impacted in the ampulla. The surgical clip was retrieved successfully by ERCP. Intraductal clip migration is a rarely encountered complication after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Appropriate management requires timely identification and retrieval during ERCP.
- Subjects
ENDOSCOPIC retrograde cholangiopancreatography; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; BILE ducts
- Publication
Journal of Pioneering Medical Sciences, 2017, Vol 7, Issue 2, p21
- ISSN
2309-7981
- Publication type
Article