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Case Reports
. 2012 Nov 30:2012:bcr2012006427.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006427.

Acute renal failure following laparoscopic cholecystectomy

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Acute renal failure following laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Jessica Helen Rachel Briscoe et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

A 67-year-old man underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy, which was complicated by an empyematous gallbladder. Postoperatively, he was found to have acute renal failure (evidenced by abdominal distension and pain, anuria and vomiting). This was thought to be secondary to pneumoperitoneum, an essential part of the laparoscopic procedure.

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