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Laparoscopic capture of "escaped" gallstones
N T Welch1, R A Hinder, T Ciurej
1Department of Surgery, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska 68131.
Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy
|March 1, 1991
Abstract:
Difficulties can be experienced trying to retrieve gallstones during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. We present three cases and describe three techniques to securely grasp large, free peritoneal calculi. The need to recover such stones is discussed.