*Corresponding author:
Sotirios Botaitis,
Associate Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine, Democritus
University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Telephone: 0030-2551351324
Email: smpotait@med.duth.gr
1. Abstract
In the last decades, laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has been the gold standard treatment for cholelithiasis. LC through the years has presented its complications like any other surgical technique. Compared to open cholecystectomy, LC is related to a risk of gallbladder perforation with spillage of bile and stones into the peritoneal cavity. The retrieval of spilled stones is not always possible by laparoscopic technique since stones can move into unapproachable sites in the peritoneal cavity. Most of these cases do not have any problem in the future but sometimes the lost stones lead to serious complications. The most common complications of remained gallstones are intra-abdominal or abdominal wall abscesses and fistula formation. Additionally, many other rarer complications have been reported in the literature, creating diagnostic difficulties. These complications can arise from days to years postoperatively and are responsible for serious morbidity. We report a case of an abdominal wall sinus due to a spilled gallstone that was presented in an 81-year-old female patient 7 years after an emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy
due to acute cholecystitis.
2. Keywords
Remained Gallstones, Sinus Formation, Gallbladder Perforation, Spillage of Gallstones, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Citation:
Maria-Eleni Zachou. Abdominal Wall Sinus Due To An Undetected Spilled
Gallstone: An Unusual Report Of A Case. Journal of Clinical Cases 2024.
