A Case of Common Bile Duct Stone Formed around a Surgical Clip after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
- Author:
Kyoung Wook LEE
1
;
Jin Woo LEE
;
Seok JEONG
;
Bong Joo JUNG
;
Don Haeng LEE
;
Pum Soo KIM
;
Hyung Gil KIM
;
Young Soo KIM
;
Sun Keun CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine, Inchon, Korea. tycos@inha.com
- Publication Type:Case Report ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Cholecystectomy;
laparoscopic;
Surgical instruments;
Common bile duct calculi
- MeSH:
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic/adverse effects/*instrumentation;
Choledocholithiasis/*etiology;
*Foreign-Body Migration;
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Surgical Instruments/*adverse effects
- From:The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
2003;42(4):347-350
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has now rapidly replaced open cholecystectomy. Rarely a calculus may arise from a metallic surgical clip migrated into the common bile duct (CBD) after this surgical procedure was performed. We report a 50-year-old man with CBD stone formed around a surgical clip, who had undergone a laparoscopic cholecystectomy because of acute calculous cholecystitis 14 months before. Abdominal CT revealed a single stone in mildly dilated CBD. A high density core within the CBD stone, was suspected to be a surgical clip. The stone was removed using a retrieval balloon catheter and basket after endoscopic sphincterotomy.
