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Surgical Management of Cystic Duct Stump Stone or Gall Bladder Remnant Stone

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Retained calculi in the cystic duct or gall bladder remnant can present as a post-cholecystectomy problem. Increased suspicion is necessary to diagnose this condition in a symptomatic post-cholecystectomy patient. Ultrasonography usually detects this condition, but magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography is the test of choice for diagnosis as well as for surgical planning. Laparoscopic re-excision of the stump in most cases is feasible and safe. It is increasingly becoming the treatment of choice.

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  1. Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Calcutta Medical Research Institute, 7/2 Diamond Harbour Road, Kolkata, 700027, India

    Abhimanyu Kar, Sumit Gulati, Sudheer Mohammed, Mithun Valiya Valappil & Supriyo Ghatak

  2. Department of General Surgery, Calcutta Medical Research Institute, 7/2 Diamond Harbour Road, Kolkata, 700027, India

    Bhaviya Bhargavan Sarala

  3. Department of Interventional Radiology, Calcutta Medical Research Institute, 7/2 Diamond Harbour Road, Kolkata, 700027, India

    Avik Bhattacharyya

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Kar, A., Gulati, S., Mohammed, S. et al. Surgical Management of Cystic Duct Stump Stone or Gall Bladder Remnant Stone. Indian J Surg 80, 284–287 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-018-1724-5

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