Paranephritic abscess. Local late complication after laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Sichardt, G.; Bindewald, H.
Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift für Alle Gebiete der Operativen Medizen 67(7): 754-756
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-4722 PMID: 8925705 Document Number: 466365
Spilled gallstones abandoned intraperitoneally may cause serious complications. The following case history describes a patient who had undergone a laparoscopic cholecystectomy elsewhere 2 years previously, and who had to have a laparotomy because of a pararenal abscess caused by spilled gallstones. fatal sepsis ensued and the patient died on the 6th postoperative day.