Postoperative abscess mimicked by Surgicel.

Abstract

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a very common surgery in many hospitals today. Thrombogenic agents are important for visualization, especially since the gallbladder fossa is a difficult bleeding source to control. Surgicel, oxidized regenerated cellulose, is a bioabsorbable thrombogenic which given the proper clinical context can be indistinguishable from an abscess on postoperative CT scans.

• Authors: B R Turley, R E Taupmann, P L Johnson
• Journal: Abdominal imaging (Abdom Imaging) 1994 Jul-Aug Vol. 19 Issue 4 Pg. 345-6 ISSN: 0942-8925 [Print] United States
• PMID: 8075561 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Cellulose, Oxidized
• Surgicel

Topics

• Abscess (diagnostic imaging)
• Adult
• Cellulose, Oxidized
• Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Female
• Hemostasis, Surgical
• Humans
• Surgical Wound Infection (diagnostic imaging)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed