Hemobilia due to cystic artery stump pseudoaneurysm following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Case presentation and literature review

International Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-144

  Petrou, Athanasios ^b   Brennan, Nicholas ^a,b   Soonawalla, Zahir ^b   Silva, Michael Anthony ^b  

^a Churchill Hospital ^*  (Ireland)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cystic artery; Hemobilia; Pseudoaneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BILIARY TRACT HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HEMATEMESIS; HEMOBILIA; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84871243155     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9738/CC52.1     Document Type: Review

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