Gallbladder perforation with fistulous communication

Table 2 Patient characteristics of case reports/series

Fistulous communication	N (fem)	Site of perforation			Preoperative diagnosis	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (converted)	Open cholecystectomy	Conservative	Added procedures
		Fundus	Body	Neck
Abdominal wall	11 (8)	3	3	3	9	3 (1)	7	1	1 ERCP
Gastric	4 (4)	-	-	1	2	2	1	1
Duodenum	3 (1)	-	-	-	3	2 (2)	2	1	1 ERCP
Colon	2 (1)	2	-	-	2	0	2	0	1 ERCP
Pleura	1 (0)	-	-	-	1	1	0	0	1 pleural tube
Total	20 (13)1	5	3	31	161	8 (3)	12	3	4

¹One patient had both abdominal wall and gastric fistula.

N: Sample size; fem: Female; converted: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy converted to open; ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.