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Endoscopy 1995; 27(4): 334-336
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1005703
Case Report

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Persistence of the Gallbladder Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: a Case Report

S. A. Cohen, F. F. Attiyeh, F. E. Kasmin, J. H. Siegel
  • Section of Endoscopy and Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center North Division, New York, USA
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17 March 2008 (online)

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Abstract

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the technique of choice for cholecystectomy. No experience with congenital abnormalities of the gallbladder has been reported. We report here the case of a 42-year-old woman who developed recurrent symptoms seven months after laparoscopic cholecystectomy and was found to have the majority of her gallbladder still intact. We speculate that the patient had a bilobate gallbladder as the explanation for the mishap. She subsequently underwent open repeat surgery.