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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2020

Right lumbar abscess containing a gallstone-an unexpected late complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

André Marçal, Ricardo Vaz Pereira, Ana Monteiro, José Dias, António Oliveira, João Pinto-de-Sousa

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

André MarçalDepartment of General Surgery, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (CHTMAD), Vila Real, Portugal.
Ricardo Vaz PereiraDepartment of General Surgery, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (CHTMAD), Vila Real, Portugal.
Ana MonteiroDepartment of General Surgery, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (CHTMAD), Vila Real, Portugal.
José DiasDepartment of General Surgery, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (CHTMAD), Vila Real, Portugal.
António OliveiraDepartment of General Surgery, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (CHTMAD), Vila Real, Portugal.
João Pinto-de-SousaDepartment of General Surgery, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (CHTMAD), Vila Real, Portugal.
Centro Hospitalar de Trás os Montes e Alto Douro · PT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During laparoscopic cholecystectomy, gallbladder perforation may occur leading to gallstone spillage and despite being rare, early or late complications may therefore develop. We report a case of a 79-year-old female, with a past medical history of a laparoscopic cholecystectomy 3 years earlier for symptomatic gallstones, admitted in the emergency department with a subcutaneous right lumbar abscess confirmed by computed tomography. Emergent abscess surgical drainage was performed and a gallstone was identified during saline lavage. Postoperative evolution was unremarkable and follow-up within a year was uneventful. Split gallstones due to gallbladder perforation during laparoscopic cholecystectomy should be retrieved in order to reduce future complications.

Indexed as

cholecystectomycholelithiasislumbar abscessspilled gallstones

Identifiers

PMID32760493
PMCPMC7394135
OpenAlexW3046816885

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