• Department of Liver and Cholecyst Surgery, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110032, ChinaCorresponding Author: LIANG Jian, E-mail: liangj63110@vip.sina.com;
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Objective  To investigate the possibility of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) on porcelain gallbladder.
Methods  Twenty-four cases of porcelain gallbladder, who were operated in China Medical University, including 13 LC cases, from 2006 to 2008 were retrospectively reviewed.
Results  Of 24 porcelain gallbladder cases (0.48%) in 4964 cholecystectomy patients, calcification of gallbladder in 87.50%(21/24) patients was diagnosed by ultrasonography. Of 13 patients who were cured by LC, one suffered from postoperative leak bile, no metastasis were found by following up 12 or 14 months in two gallbladder carcinoma cases.
Conclusion  There’s specificity of ultrasonographic image in porcelain gallbladder, in which LC is safe to be performed and routine frozen pathology during operation is necessary.

Citation: LIN Lin,JIN Junzhe,LIANG Jian. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy on Porcelain Gallbladder in 13 Cases. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2009, 16(9): 745-747. doi: Copy