Colovesical fistula due to a lost gallstone following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: report of a case

Surg Today. 2001;31(3):255-7. doi: 10.1007/s005950170181.

Abstract

We report the case of a 74-year-old man with a colovesical fistula caused by a gallstone that was lost during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy 7 months earlier. The patient was cured after undergoing colonoscopic removal of the stone. To our knowledge this is the first case report of such a complication in the English literature. The report reviews the outcome and complications of retained intraperitoneal gallstones.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic*
  • Cholelithiasis / surgery*
  • Colonic Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Colonoscopy
  • Cystoscopy
  • Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Fistula / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Urinary Bladder Fistula / diagnostic imaging*