Objective The laparoscopic approach is the procedure of choice for cholecystectomy, but the cost of such an operation is very high because it needs expensive, special instruments Laparascopic cholecystectomy (LC) also has a higher risk of biliary injury when compared with conventional open cholecystectomy (COC). Open, minimally invasive cholecystectomy is an alternative procedure that comprises...

Aim: To determine the safety and benefits of single port laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Materials and methods: A search for randomized controlled trials comparing single port laparoscopic cholecystectomy with conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy was conducted using Google scholar, HighPress and SCOPUS. Results: Single port laparoscopic cholecystectomy has a longer operating time, with equiv...

BACKGROUND Surgical technique using small-diameter instruments and single-incision laparoscopy are two new options for less invasive laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). In this study, we have compared mini-LC (MLC) with single-incision LC (SILC). MATERIALS AND METHODS This study is a randomized clinical trial conducted on the patients diagnosed with symptomatic cholelithiasis who underwent LC....

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate the risk factors for conversion to conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy (CLC) in single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) along with the proposal for procedure selection guidelines in treating patients with benign gallbladder (GB) diseases. METHODS SILC was performed in 697 cases between April 2010 and July 2014. Seventeen cases...

BACKGROUND In this study, the clinical results and cost-effectiveness of open vs laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the treatment of acute cholecystitis were compared. METHODS Over a 5-year period (1994-98), 894 cholecystectomies were performed, 545 (60.96%) of them laparoscopically and 349 (39.04%) by the open method. The study included 209 patients with a clinical diagnosis of acute cholecysti...

Nontuberculous mycobacteria are known to produce soft-tissue infections following surgical procedures. We report a non-healing surgical wound infection caused by a scotochromogenic nontuberculous mycobacterium, possibly Mycobacterium flavescens, which was earlier thought to be saprophytic. This organism was isolated from the wound discharge at the site of incision following a laparoscopic chole...

background: inflammatory response following surgical trauma has long been a matter of study. results, however, have been varied. we sought to assess changes in the levels of proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in patients undergoing laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy and their impact on the clinical outcome of patients concerning the postoperative pain score. methods: the study i...