Utility of multidetector-row computed tomography and ultrasonography for preoperative planning in a patient with a history of a right gastroepiploic artery CABG undergoing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy

J Gastrointest Surg. 2011 Sep;15(9):1651-3. doi: 10.1007/s11605-011-1523-9. Epub 2011 Apr 12.

Abstract

Introduction: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the standard procedure for acute cholecystitis.

Methods: This procedure, however, is challenging to perform in patients who have had coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using the right gastroepiploic artery (RGEA).

Results: We completed a laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis without intraoperative or postoperative cardiac complications in a patient with a history of an RGEA CABG.

Conclusions: A critical factor for avoiding disruption to the graft was preoperatively delineating the vascular anatomy of the RGEA graft with a multidetector-row computed tomography (CT) with 3D-CT angiography and ultrasonography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic
  • Cholecystitis, Acute / diagnostic imaging
  • Cholecystitis, Acute / surgery*
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Gastroepiploic Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multidetector Computed Tomography*
  • Preoperative Care*
  • Ultrasonography