TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Technical Errors and Bail-Out Strategies in Gallbladder Surgery A1 - Stovall, Robert T. A1 - Pieracci, Fredric M. A2 - Stahel, Philip F. PY - 2017 T2 - Surgical Patient Safety: A Case-Based Approach AB - Gallbladder disease and thus surgery are extraordinarily common; whereas most cholecystectomies occur uneventfully, there are many serious complications that can occur. Thus, the surgeon should not be lulled into a sense of complacencyRegardless of patient or gallbladder disease severity, each surgeon should develop a list of steps to laparoscopic cholecystectomy, which should be followed in order every time. Inability to proceed through the steps should prompt either deviation to an established “bail out” maneuver (eg, sub-total cholecystectomy), or conversion to openAnatomic variations in both biliary and arterial anatomy are common; the surgeon must familiarize themselves with these variants and anticipate their existence. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1144002435 ER -