Surgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniques
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Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech · Oct 2003
Review Case ReportsLaparoscopic treatment of a bilobed gallbladder: a case report and review of the literature.
A double or bilobed gallbladder is a rare congenital anomaly. Because other congenital vascular and biliary duct anomalies may accompany this pathology, open cholecystectomy was thought to be the best treatment of symptomatic patients. In this paper, we report a patient with a bilobed gallbladder whose symptoms were successfully treated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy. We also discuss the characteristics and the embryology of this rare anomaly.
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Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech · Aug 1999
Review Case ReportsUreteral complications after gasless laparoscopic hysterectomy.
Laparoscopic hysterectomy is becoming a more common operation. Gasless laparoscopy initially seems to be a better technique, reducing CO2 complications and allowing the use of conventional instruments rather than more expensive laparoscopic tools. We report our experience with 50 cases of laparoscopic hysterectomies, 5 of which were performed using a gasless technique. ⋯ We have decided not to use a gasless technique with hysterectomy. We believe that the actual complication rate may be higher than reported, due to investigators' reluctance to report such complications. Our hope is that this report will encourage other investigators to help establish a more accurate rate of possible complications associated with this procedure.