Table 3.

Review of literature describing surgical management of postcholecystectomy syndrome from remnant cystic duct calculi.

	Number of patients with postcholecystectomy Mirizzi syndrome	Mean time of presentation from initial operation	Type of initial operation and indication	Indication for initial operation	Surgical management of postcholecystectomy Mirizzi syndrome	Outcome at follow-up
Palanivelu et al. [9]	15 (all 15 patients underwent surgical management)	8 months	Laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy in 13 patients Conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy in 2 patients	Acute cholecystitis in 13 patients Indication not mentioned in 2 patients undergoing conventional cholecystectomy	Laparoscopic retrieval of remnant cystic duct stone in all patients (i) Primary closure of common bile duct in 11 patients (ii) Closure of common bile duct around T-tube in 4 patients	CBD stone in 1 patient post-op managed with ERCP and stent Biliary pancreatitis in 1 patient All patients were symptom-free at 3-month follow-up
Phillips et al. [3]	12 (6 out of 12 patients underwent surgical management)	34.2 months	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in 9 patients Open cholecystectomy in 3 patients	Acute cholecystitis in 5 patients Chronic cholecystitis in 7 patients	(i) Open retrieval of cystic duct remnant calculi and open common bile duct exploration in 6 patients (ii) 1 patient refused surgical intervention after failed ERCP	Follow-up available in 9 patients Resolution of symptoms in 7 patients out of these 9 patients at mean follow-up of 11.8 months
Walsh et al. [4]	7 (5 out of 7 patients underwent surgical management)	8.5 years	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in 4 patients Open cholecystectomy in 3 patients	Acute cholecystitis in 2 patients Chronic cholecystitis in 5 patients	(i) Open retrieval of cystic duct remnant stone in 4 patients (ii) Laparoscopic retrieval of cystic duct remnant stone in 1 patient	All patients were symptom-free at mean follow-up of 31 months
Tantia et al. [10]	7 (7 out of 7 patients underwent surgical management)	12.8 years	Open cholecystectomy in 6 patients Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in 1 patient	Not known	Laparoscopic completion cholecystectomy in 7 patients with laparoscopic common bile duct exploration in 2 patients (primary CBD closure in 1 patient and choledochoduodenostomy in 1 patient)	All patients were symptom-free at 3-month follow-up
Chowbey et al. [11]	3 (3 out of 3 patients underwent surgical management)	7.6 months	Laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy in 3 patients	Not known	Laparoscopic completion cholecystectomy in 3 patients	All patients were symptom-free at mean follow-up of 2.3 years
Endo et al. [12]	1	8 years	Open cholecystectomy	Not known	Open retrieval of cystic duct remnant stone and closure of CBD defect with T-tube placement	Symptom-free with resolution of common bile duct stricture at 9-month follow-up
Gurel et al. [13]	1	32 years	Open cholecystectomy	Acute cholecystitis	Laparoscopic completion cholecystectomy and retrieval of gallbladder remnant stone	Symptom-free at discharge with resolution of LFTs at discharge
Pernice and Andreoli [14]	1	16 years	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy	Chronic cholecystitis	Laparoscopic completion cholecystectomy of gallbladder remnant	Symptom-free at 8-month follow-up
Sahoo and Kumar [15]	1	6 years	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy	Not known	Laparoscopic retrieval of cystic duct stump stone and intracorporeal closure of stump	Symptom-free at discharge