[Complicated course of a laparoscopic cholecystectomy]

The case presented deals with the complicated course of a laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a 45-year-old female patient due to cholecystolithiasis. The patient complained that during the operation an injury to the small intestine occurred, which was only operatively treated at midday of the despite massive pain and insufficient pain treatment. The intervention was claimed to have resulted in mental and physical suffering. The case is assessed by two independent experts in the sense of a "scientifically founded comment" with respect to the decision of the arbitration board and taking the surgical standards into consideration.