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M H Harvey

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Laparoscopic general surgery.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the treatment of choice for symptomatic gallstones. The success of this procedure has prompted surgeons to explore the possibility of performing other procedures laparoscopically. This article describes some of these new techniques and discusses the merits of a minimally.

General Surgery↗

Retrieval of spilled stones during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is now widely practised in the Western world. One of the more common and often neglected complications is perforation of the gallbladder and spillage of bile and stones. With careful attention to technique this should be a rare complication. The effect of bile and stone spillage may depend on the presence or absence of biliary infection at the time of operation. When stone spillage occurs a number of options are available for the retrieval of stones and these are highlighted in this paper.

Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic↗