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Imaging findings of biliary and nonbiliary complications following laparoscopic surgery

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Laparoscopic techniques are evolving for a wide range of surgical procedures although they were initially confined to cholecystectomy and exploratory laparoscopy. Recently, surgical procedures performed with a laparoscope include splenectomy, adrenalectomy, gastrectomy, and myomectomy. In this article, we review the spectrum of complications and illustrate imaging features of biliary and nonbiliary complications after various laparoscopic surgeries. Biliary complications following laparoscopic cholecystectomy include bile ductal obstruction, bile leak with bile duct injury, dropped stones in the peritoneal cavity, retained CBD stone, and port-site metastasis. Nonbiliary complications are anastomotic leakage after partial gastrectomy, gangrenous cholecystitis after gastrectomy, hematoma at the anastomotic site following gastrectomy, gastric infarction after gastrectomy, port-site metastasis after gastrectomy, hematoma after splenectomy, renal infarction after adrenalectomy, and active bleeding after myomectomy of the uterus.

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We thank Bonnie Hami from the Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, for her editorial assistance and manuscript preparation.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seodaemun-ku Shinchon-dong 134, Seoul, 120-752, South Korea

    Jin-Young Choi, Myeong-Jin Kim, Mi-Suk Park, Joo Hee Kim, Joon Seok Lim, Young Taik Oh & Ki Whang Kim

  2. Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seodaemun-ku Shinchon-dong 134, Seoul, 120-752, South Korea

    Myeong-Jin Kim

  3. Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seodaemun-ku Shinchon-dong 134, Seoul, 120-752, South Korea

    Jin-Young Choi, Myeong-Jin Kim, Joo Hee Kim, Joon Seok Lim, Young Taik Oh & Ki Whang Kim

  4. Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seodaemun-ku Shinchon-dong 134, Seoul, 120-752, South Korea

    Myeong-Jin Kim

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Choi, JY., Kim, MJ., Park, MS. et al. Imaging findings of biliary and nonbiliary complications following laparoscopic surgery. Eur Radiol 16, 1906–1914 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-005-0135-8

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