Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Unexpected gallbladder cancer after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
Surgical Endoscopy Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Contini S, Dalla Valle R, Zinicola R (1999) Unexpected gallbladder cancer after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. An emerging problem? Reflections on four cases. Surg Endosc 13: 264–267

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Jeon HM, Kim JS, Lee CD, Kim EK, Kim SN (1999) Late development of umbilical metastasis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for a gallbladder carcinoma. Oncol Rep 6: 283–287

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Mathew G, Watson DI, Role AM, Ellis T, Jamieson GG (1997) Adverse impact of pneumoperitoneum on intraperitoneal implantation and growth of tumor cell suspension in an experimental mode. Aust N Z J Surg 67: 289–292

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Razzetta F, Borgonovo G, Cagnazzo A, Bianchi C, Mattioli FP (1997) Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and gallbladder cancer: a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma. Fur J Surg Oncol 23: 84–85

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Sailer M, Debus S, Fuchs KH, Thiede A (1995) Peritoneal seeding of gallbladder cancer after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surg Endosc 9: 1298–1300

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Shirai Y, Ohtani T, Hatakeyama K (1998) Laparoscopic cholecystectomy may disseminate gallbladder carcinoma. Hepatogastroenterology 45: 81–82

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Z'graggen K, Birrer S, Maurer CA, Wehrli H, Klaiber C, Baer HU (1998) Incidence of port site recurrence after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for preoperatively unsuspected gallbladder carcinoma. Surgery 124:831–838

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Harvard Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, SG Mudd Building 250 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    K. S. Zayyan

  2. Imperial College School of Medicine Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London, W12 ONN, UK

    D. P. Sellu

Authors
  1. K. S. Zayyan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. D. P. Sellu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Zayyan, K.S., Sellu, D.P. Unexpected gallbladder cancer after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surg Endosc 13, 1170 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004649901214

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004649901214

Keywords

Search

Navigation