Abstract
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a very common surgery in many hospitals today. Thrombogenic agents are important for visualization, especially since the gallbladder fossa is a difficult bleeding source to control. Surgicel, oxidized regenerated cellulose, is a bioabsorbable thrombogenic which given the proper clinical context can be indistinguishable from an abscess on postoperative CT scans.
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Turley, B.R., Taupmann, R.E. & Johnson, P.L. Postoperative abscess mimicked by surgicel. Abdom Imaging 19, 345–346 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00198195
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