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Case report of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the third trimester of pregnancy

R O Pucci1, R W Seed

  • 1Department of Surgery, Grant Hospital of Chicago, Illinois.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has not been reported during pregnancy. This is the first reported case of a cholecystectomy by laparoscopic technique in the third trimester of pregnancy. The patient (and her baby) had a rapid, uneventful recovery identical to that of a nonpregnant patient.

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