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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the scarred abdomen
P A Grace1, A Leahy, G McEntee
1Department of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.
Surgical Endoscopy
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is rapidly becoming the definitive method for treating symptomatic gallbladder stones. Previous upper abdominal surgery is a relative contraindication to this technique. We describe a method for safely placing the trocars in a scarred abdomen, thus facilitating laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a wider group of patients.