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

• DOI: 10.1007/s12262-018-1724-5
• Publication Date: 2018-01-27T05:09:19Z
• Authors: Abhimanyu Kar; Sumit Gulati; Sudheer Mohammed; Mithun Valiya Val...; Bhaviya Bhargavan...; Supriyo Ghatak; Avik Bhattacharyya
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine

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.