Endoscopy, Table of Contents Endoscopy 1995; 27(4): 334-336DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1005703 Case Report© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkPersistence of the Gallbladder Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: a Case ReportS. 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 Recommend Article Abstract PDF Download(opens in new window) Buy Article(opens in new window) 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. PDF (493 kb)
