Abstract:

Advantages of laparoscopiC cholecystectomy (LC) in terms of shorter hospital stay, less pain, and diminished disabilrty are well documented. Less well documented are the long-term comptications of this procedure. We report a patient who developed obstructive jaundice 8 months following LC from a spilled gallstone. In our review of the literature using MEDLINE from January 1990to June 1995,we did not find this complication reported.

Authors:

Venkatachala I. Sreenivas, M.D., Hospital of St. Raphael, Yale New Haven Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Phaniraj Iyengar, M.D., Suresh T. Bhagia, M.D., Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, CT; Viswanadham Pothula, M.D., Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, CT

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