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Specialty: Anesthesiology
Condition: Patent Foramen Ovale
Procedure: Cholecystectomy
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Follow-up to ‘Cholecystectomy in the presence of a large patent foramen ovale: laparoscopic or open?’
We previously reported an obese patient with cholelithiasis and acute cholecystitis, who was scheduled to undergo an emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy, but was recognized preoperatively to have a large patent foramen ovale (PFO) with a right-to-left shunt that was open at rest . She also had concomitant choledocholithiasis, and she underwent an endoscopic sphincterotomy with prompt resolution of her fever and abdominal pain. At the time, the benefits of laparoscopy were weighed against the risk of paradoxical emboli and stroke, and the choice of either a laparoscopic or open cholecystectomy was discussed carefully wit...
Source: Journal of Clinical Anesthesia - April 22, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Pringl L. Miller, Larry Litt, Nelson Schiller, John Maa Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
