A patient returns to the floor after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The nurse caring for the patient is aware that the most serious potential complication is what?
A) Pulmonary atelectasis
B) Decubitus ulcer
C) Wound evisceration
D) Bile duct injury
Ans: D
Feedback: Careful screening of patients and identification of those at low risk for problems limits the frequency of conversion to an open abdominal procedure. With wider use of lapraroscopic procedures, however, there may be an increase in the number of such conversions. The most serious complication after laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a bile duct injury. Therefore options A, B, and C are incorrect.
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