Laparoscopic management of 54 cases of Mirizzi syndrome / 中国普通外科杂志

ABSTRACT

0 8*!cm) found by ultrasound. As a result tentative diagnosis of Mirizzi's syndrome was established in 54 cases accounting for 0 56% of all LC patients.Results Laparoscopic procedure was successful in 46 out of 50 type Ⅰ cases. Four cases suffering from iatrogenic bile duct injury received primary repairment under laparoscopy. Fistulae repairment was successful laparoscopically in 3 out of 4 cases of type Ⅱ Mirizzi syndrome.Conclusion Type Ⅰ and type Ⅱ Mirizzi syndromes can be safely and successfully managed under laparoscopy in the hand of careful and skilled operators.