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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-19
pubmed:abstractText
The surgical anatomy of six patients with sinistroposition of the gallbladder is described. Five of these were encountered in a consecutive series of 1764 patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstone disease in two hospitals between 1989 and 1994, a prevalence of 0.3 per cent in patients undergoing this operation. Despite the left-sided transposition of the gallbladder, the biliary pain experienced by these patients was always on the right side. Preoperative diagnosis of this anomaly was made in only one of six patients despite routine preoperative external ultrasonography and selective preoperative cholangiography. In sinistroposition the cystic artery always crosses in front of the common bile duct from right to left. The cystic duct may open on the left or right side of the common hepatic duct. The anomaly does not preclude safe laparoscopic cholecystectomy but modifications of the port sites and use of the falciform lift facilitate the procedure in these cases. The anatomical features of the sixth case encountered in a patient undergoing resection of hilar cholangiocarcinoma indicate that sinistroposition of the gallbladder may be due to failure of development of segment IV of the liver.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0007-1323
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1442-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Hepatobiliary anatomy in patients with transposition of the gallbladder: implications for safe laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article