BACKGROUND Several reports claim that there is a risk that laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) might worsen the prognosis of unsuspected gallbladder cancer. HYPOTHESIS Several factors rather than LC could influence prognosis. METHODS A retrospective clinicopathologic study was performed on 20 patients, 9 patients (3 men and 6 women, aged from 36 to 75 years [mean age, 62.3 years]) undergoing ...

To compare the results of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) and open cholecystectomy (OC) for symptomatic cholelithiasis in elective surgery we performed a prospective matched-cohort study. Hundred consecutive patients who underwent LC in the period Sept. 1990-June 1992, and 100 patients who were age and sex matched and underwent an elective OC in the foregoing two years (1989-1990) were studie...

PURPOSE Laparoscopic techniques have allowed surgeons to perform complicated intra-abdominal surgery with minimal trauma. Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) was developed with the aim of reducing the invasiveness of conventional laparoscopy. In this study we aimed to compare results of SILS cholecystectomy and three port conventional laparoscopic (TPCL) cholecystectomy prospectively. ...

Cholecystectomy has been widely performed in the treatment of acute cholecystitis, and laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been increasingly adopted as the method of surgery over the past 15 years. Despite the success of laparoscopic cholecystectomy as an elective treatment for symptomatic gallstones, acute cholecystitis was initially considered a contraindication for laparoscopic cholecystectomy....

TO THE EDITOR—Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the preferred method of performing gallbladder surgery over the past decade. Laparoscopic cholecystectomies are associated with shorter hospital stay and convalescence, less pain and scarring, and lower rates of postoperative surgical site infection (SSI) than open cholecystectomies." The fact that laparoscopic cholecystectomies are associat...

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become gold standard for cholecystectomy. The tendency of minimizing surgical trauma encourages the use of new approaches in laparoscopic surgery. Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) cholecystectomy was first performed ten years ago; however, it is only recent technologic development that has enabled its wider acceptance. We report on a case of a 69-year...

BACKGROUND The objective of this quasi experimental study was to compare the frequency of wound infection between open cholecystectomy (OC) and laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) conducted in Surgical Unit IV, Jinnah Hospital Lahore from June 2005 to January 2006. METHODS 100 patients undergoing elective cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstones were studied. The patients were allocated in th...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy originally a minimal invasive surgical technique involving less hospital stay less economical burden decreased post op complication and early mobility. The objective was to analyse data of patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy at a surgical setup. METHODS This study was conducted at the Department of Surgery, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar f...

INTRODUCTION The difficult gallbladder is the most common 'difficult' laparoscopic surgery being performed by general surgeons all over the world and the potential one that places the patient at significant risk. We present our experience of 6147 cases since January 1993 in a single center with respect to conversion to open cholecystectomy. METHODS Patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecys...

One hundred patients with cholelithiasis were included in a prospective consecutive follow-up study to evaluate laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a day surgical setting. The median operating time was 70 min. In 96% of the patients, it was possible to perform peroperative cholangiography. The median time off work was 7 days and the median time to full recovery was 14 days. Five patients were admit...