Laparoscopic cholecystectomy can disseminate in situ carcinoma of the gallbladder.

Abstract

In patients with GBC, LC may be sufficient when the disease is confined to the gallbladder mucosa and the gallbladder is excised intact without bile spillage. However, patients whose gallbladders are torn during dissection or patients who have invasive tumors should undergo laparotomy and local reexcision. In situ GBC can be implanted if the organ is torn during dissection. When gallbladders with suspicious wall thickening or adhesions are noted at LC, especially in older patients, the procedure should be converted to open cholecystectomy.