Acute cholecystitis with calculous biliary duct obstruction in the gravid patient. Management by ERCP, papillotomy, stone extraction, and laparoscopic cholecystectomy

• Published in: Surgical endoscopy Vol. 9; no. 8; p. 910
• Main Authors: Friedman, R L, Friedman, I H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.08.1995
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; Cholecystitis - complications; Cholecystitis - therapy; Cholelithiasis - complications; Cholelithiasis - therapy; Cholestasis - complications; Cholestasis - therapy; Female; Fetal Monitoring; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Pregnancy Outcome; Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic

The pregnant patient with cholelithiasis is subject to the manifold complications associated with this disease. The management of a gravid patient with acute cholecystitis complicated by biliary duct obstruction utilizing combined endoscopic therapy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy is reported. The...