conclusions no correlation existed between cefazolin prophylaxis and postoperative infections in elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients. there may be an increased risk of infection in patients with previous cholecystitis or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. in addition, there was an increased risk of postoperative infection in patients with gallbladder rupture and suction ...

aim : to assess the complications of bile duct injury in laparoscopic cholecystectomy in loghman medical center, tehran. background : the incidence of complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy has increased dramatically since the introduction and widespread use of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.  patients and methods : from january 1998 to january 2002, a total of 155 laparoscopic cholecystec...

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is known to be one of the most widely performed general surgical operations. However, it associated with an increased incidence and severity complications especially during period a surgeon's proficiency-gain curve. Certain could prevented by decreasing consequences surgeon errors. We aimed systematically review application checklists LC their effect on task pe...

AIM Analyze the results of an early experience in day-case LC (laparoscopic cholecystectomy) in a single laparoscopic unit, in terms of clinical outcome, unexpected admissions, readmissions, patients satisfaction. MATERIALS AND METHODS During three years, 200 consecutive patients underwent LC. Emergency procedures (32pts) and patients scheduled for cholecystectomy plus other surgical procedur...

Symptomatic cholelithiasis in pediatric patients should be dealt with cholecystectomy. Due to its minimally invasive nature, laparoscopic approach is better than conventional open approach. Although safety of spinal anesthesia (SA) adult surgeries including cholecystectomy well established, use extremely limited only a few studies being published till date. Here, we report case (LC) 5-year-old ...

BACKGROUNDS/AIMS For patients with acute cholecystitis, conversion from laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open surgery is not uncommon due to possibilities of serious hemorrhage at the liver bed and bile duct injury. Recent studies reported successful laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy and feasibility of such an o...

OBJECTIVES Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) combined with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has been widely used in the management of the acute biliopancreatic pathology. Nevertheless, controversy remains about the appropriate timing for retrograde cholangiopancreatography. METHODS A retrospective study was undertaken on a consecutive series of 117 patients with acute bil...

INTRODUCTION Misidentification of the extrahepatic bile duct anatomy during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the main cause of bile duct injury. Easier intraoperative recognition of the biliary anatomy may be accomplished by using near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging after an intravenous injection of indocyanine green (ICG). Promising results were reported for successful intraoperative...

OBJECTIVE We address the controversial issue of whether or not it is wise to perform and train laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in a developing nation by reviewing the results of the first large series done in Afghanistan. Afghanistan has been devastated by 3 decades of war leaving it with deficiencies in training programs, medical technologies, and overall medical infrastructure that are amon...

BACKGROUND The Gold standard treatment for symptomatic gallstone disease is laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) since 1990. LC can be performed safely as a day case procedure. The objective of this study was to evaluate the results of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in symptomatic gall stones disease in terms of length of hospital stay, complications, morbidity and mortality. METHODS This retrospe...