The princess and the pea. An unusual complication after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy
M. E. Pharr and C. V. Chambers
Department of Family Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa, USA.
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the preferred treatment for uncomplicated
cholelithiasis. After brief perioperative surveillance and a follow-up
visit, most of patients who have undergone laparoscopic cholecystectomy are
discharged from further surgical care and treated by their primary care
physician. This case report discusses an unusual complication in a patient
who presented to her family physician 4 years after a laparoscopic
cholecystectomy. The surgical literature on this complication is reviewed.
