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A case is reported of partial small bowel obstruction secondary to anterior peritoneal adhesions which resulted in inadvertent trocar perforation of the small bowel at laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Careful assessment of computed tomographic examinations performed for acute abdominal complaints should include diagnosis of lower grades of small bowel obstruction from peritoneal adhesive disease. Laparoscopic surgeons should be apprised of peritoneal adhesions of bowel at usual sites of needle or trocar puncture.
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Maglinte, D.D.T., Reyes, B.L. Computed tomographic diagnosis of partial small bowel obstruction secondary to anterior peritoneal adhesions: relevance to laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Emergency Radiology 3, 84–86 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01507938
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