Escaping Oceanic Flight 815
Sometimes, during a cholecystectomy performed for acute cholecystitis, you may find yourself stuck in a difficult situation... Adhesions and fibrosis may prevent a safe dissection, and obtaining an adequate Critical View of Safety is quite impossible. In these cases, the bail-out procedures might be useful to avoid intra- and postoperative complications...
The Devil Behind the Curtains
Sometimes gallstones increase in size, become impacted, and cause a sort of chronic cholecystitis... This condition is called Mirizzi syndrome, and it carries many troubles with it... Find out when to suspect it, and how to manage it...
How to Close the Pandora’s Box – Part 2
The second part of our post on the open abdomen management... Nothing comes without a price... Open abdomen carries several possible complications... Find them out, and learn how to close it definitively...