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Passing of gallstones via the urethra: a complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy
W Lütken1, P Berggren, J Maltbaek
1Department of Surgery KAS, Glostrup, Denmark.
Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy
|January 23, 1998
Abstract:
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the treatment of choice for uncomplicated gallstone (GS) disease. We present a rare complication in a patient with a persistent urachus who, 9 months after LC with intraperitoneal spillage, started to pass GS when urinating.