Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Large/Giant Gallstones: Case Report and Brief Review of Literature

Abstract

Gallstones disease are the most common biliary pathology. Its prevalence in Nepal is found to be 4.87%. Giant/large gallstones have a higher risk of complications and presents technical difficulties during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Open cholecystectomy is preferred in most of the cases with giant gallstones. With the availability of experience laparoscopic surgeon and modern laparoscopic equipment, laparoscopic cholecystectomy is also feasible in large/giant gallstones. We report 2 cases, one large gallstone in 51 years old female and one giant gallstone in 39 years old female each of which were successfully managed laparoscopically with uneventful post-operative period.

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for a Giant Gallstone: A Case Report

“…The author was able to conduct safe LC without any conversion even in emergency settings. Similar experiences have been reported in other published case reports in the peer-reviewed literature [3,9,[11][12].…”

Giant Gallstones – a Systematic Review

“…There were 29 articles including 28 single case reports, and 1 case series (with two cases) satisfying the inclusion criteria. The twocase series [11,12] had only one case each that satisfied the inclusion criteria and hence were considered as single case reports.…”