• generally avascular and may be lysed bluntly by grabbing attachment to gallbladder wall and gently stripping them down toward the. infundibulum[r]
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Gallstone with Cholecystitis and CBD stone
Assoc.Prof.Sukij Panpimanmas MD Rajavithi Hospital
Disease of Gallbladder
• Gallstones
• Acute or subacute cholecystitis
• Empyema or gangrenous cholecystitis
• Chronic cholecystitis
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Contraindications to LC
Absolute
• Unable to tolerate general anesthesia
• Refractory coagulopathy
• Suspicion of gallbladder carcinoma? (Lap Hepatec) Relative
• Previous upper abdominal surgery
• Cholangitis
• Diffuse peritonitis
• Cirrhosis and/or portal hypertension
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Cholecystoenteric fistula
• Morbid obesity
• Pregnancy
Criteria for Difficult LC
Clinical problem
• Acute or subacute cholecystitis
• Previous upper abdominal operation
(3)3 Imaging criteria
• Thick walled gallbladder
• Contracted or calcified gallbladder
• Retraction of gallbladder into hepatic bed
• Impacted stones with mark distended GB
• Cholecystoduodenal fistula
• Mirizzi’s syndrome
Operative finding criteria
• Severe adhesion around gallbladder
• Anterior abdominal wall bowel adhesion
• Empyema or gangrenous cholecystitis
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Gallstone with CBD stone
• ERCP LC (Rajavithi and gen.standard)
• ERCP+LC (same setting- difficult)
• LC+IOC+Lap.explore CBD *****
• LC ERCP (Take risk)
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Timing for LC in Ac.Cholecystitis
Early VS Delayed
• Early is better
• Golden period, 72hrs history
• 6-8 weeks -complications, conversion—not different
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Complications of LC
• Bile duct injury/leak (0.1-1%)
• Hemorrhage
• Retained stones (CBD, intraperitoneal)
• Pancreatitis
• Wound infection
• Incisional hernia
• Pneumoperitoneum related:
– CO2 embolism
– Vaso-vagal reflex
– Arrhythmias
– Hypercarbic acidosis
• Trocar related:
– Bleeding:vascular injury/abdominal wall injury
– Visceral injury
How to for SAFE LC
• Training, Hands-on model, animal and as surgeon under experienced trainer
• Ports- 1,2,3,4 safe technique
• Fundus, Hartmann grasping, dissection
• Needle aspiration
• Retrograte/fundus down—endoloop
• Partial/subtotal cholecystectomy
• Nasobiliary (ERCP), IOC [ Mirizzi’s, fistula ]
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Gallbladder Adhesions
• Adhesions between the gallbladder and
–hepatic flexure
–and/or duodenum
–omentum
• generally avascular and may be lysed bluntly by grabbing attachment to gallbladder wall and gently stripping them down toward the
infundibulum
Intraoperative Gallbladder Perforation
• Perforation of the gallbladder with bile or stone leakage should not ordinarily require conversion to OC
• Perforation may occur
– secondary to traction
– electrosurgical thermal injury during dissection
• Patients with a bile leak
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Spilled Gallstone
• Incidence - 10-30%
• Low morbidity of spilled stones
– conversion to open not justified
• Complications:
– Mostly seen with pigmented stones
•postulated to be due to the release of
bacteria from within the stones
– Intra-abdominal abscess
– Abd wall infection or permanent sinus
Bleeding
• Uncontrolled bleeding incidence - 0.1 - 1.9 %
• Sites:
– Liver
• Usually occurs during final removal of gallbladder from fossa
• requires conversion to open if uncontrolled
– Arterial
– Port insertion sites
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DO NOT
• Clip or cauterize in the lake
• Cauterize-Unseen tip of instrument
Conclusion
Difficult LC is still challenging, it can be done safely by experienced surgeon who always keeps carefulness in all steps
Gallstone with CBD stone- options of treatment depend on
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