Hemothorax After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

General Surgery

René Scheer, MD, Pascal Steenvoorde, MD, PhD Department of Surgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands (all authors). ABSTRACT A patient who underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy presented 6 days postoperatively with chest pain on the right side. Further examination showed a hemothorax. This is a very rare complication of laparoscopic abdominal surgery. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery […]