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Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1100-1102
© 1995 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Case Reports

Cholelithoptysis and Empyema Formation After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Freeman Road Hospital, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Accepted for publication April 6, 1995.

Thoracic complications of laparoscopic operations are rare. We describe a case of cholelithoptysis due to a gallstone sequestered in the middle lobe after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

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