Abstract
Dropped bile and gallstones after accidental perforation of the biliary gallbladder is a frequent event during laparoscopic cholecystectomy and is generally of no clinical importance. However, calculi left in the abdominal cavity can produce a series of severe late complications. We present a patient with retroperitoneal actinomycosis produced by dropped gallstones after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
MeSH terms
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Abscess / drug therapy
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Abscess / etiology*
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Abscess / surgery
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Actinomyces / isolation & purification
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Actinomycosis / drug therapy
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Actinomycosis / etiology*
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Actinomycosis / surgery
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Aged
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Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic*
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Cholecystitis / complications
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Cholelithiasis / complications
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Cholelithiasis / surgery
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Doxycycline / therapeutic use
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Drainage
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Female
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Gallstones / microbiology*
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Humans
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Intraoperative Complications
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Postoperative Complications / etiology*
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Postoperative Complications / microbiology
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Retroperitoneal Space