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The Princess and the PeaAn Unusual Complication After a Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Maria E. Pharr, MD;
Christopher V. Chambers, MD
Arch Fam Med. 1997;6(2):188-189.
Abstract
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the preferred treatment for uncomplicated cholelithiasis. After brief perioperative surveillance and a follow-up visit, most of patients who have undergone laparoscopic cholecystectomy are discharged from further surgical care and treated by their primary care physician. This case report discusses an unusual complication in a patient who presented to her family physician 4 years after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The surgical literature on this complication is reviewed.
Author Affiliations
From the Department of Family Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa.
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