[A case of common bile duct stone formed around a surgical clip after laparoscopic cholecystectomy]

Korean J Gastroenterol. 2003 Oct;42(4):347-50.
[Article in Korean]

Abstract

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has now rapidly replaced open cholecystectomy. Rarely a calculus may arise from a metallic surgical clip migrated into the common bile duct (CBD) after this surgical procedure was performed. We report a 50-year-old man with CBD stone formed around a surgical clip, who had undergone a laparoscopic cholecystectomy because of acute calculous cholecystitis 14 months before. Abdominal CT revealed a single stone in mildly dilated CBD. A high density core within the CBD stone, was suspected to be a surgical clip. The stone was removed using a retrieval balloon catheter and basket after endoscopic sphincterotomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / adverse effects
  • Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / instrumentation*
  • Choledocholithiasis / etiology*
  • Foreign-Body Migration*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Surgical Instruments / adverse effects*