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Table 1.

Complications of gallstone spillage

Clinical presentation secondary to gallstone spillage
Infective: Local: Liver abscess. Subhepatic abscess. Retrohepatic abscess. Intra-abdominal abscess. Distant: Retroperitoneal abscess. Loin abscess. Pelvic abscess. Cutaneous complications: Sinus formation. Port site infections. Granuloma formation. Colocutaneous fistula. Mechanical: Intestinal obstruction. Lodgement in distant hernial sacs. Dyspareunia, tenesmus (pelvic migration). Middle colic artery thrombosis. Chest: Empyema, cholelithoptysis. Urinary tract: Excretion, haematuria. Systemic: Septicaemia.

Clinical presentation secondary to gallstone spillage

Infective:
1. Local:
  1. Liver abscess.
  2. Subhepatic abscess.
  3. Retrohepatic abscess.
  4. Intra-abdominal abscess.
2. Distant:
  1. Retroperitoneal abscess.
  2. Loin abscess.
  3. Pelvic abscess.
Cutaneous complications:
1. Sinus formation.
2. Port site infections.
3. Granuloma formation.
4. Colocutaneous fistula.
Mechanical:
1. Intestinal obstruction.
2. Lodgement in distant hernial sacs.
3. Dyspareunia, tenesmus (pelvic migration).
4. Middle colic artery thrombosis.
Chest: Empyema, cholelithoptysis.
Urinary tract: Excretion, haematuria.
Systemic: Septicaemia.