Khalid Hussain Qureshi, Ghulam Muhammad Baluch, Masudur Rauf Hiraj.
Comparison of Postoperative Pain and Hospital Stay in Standard Cholecystectomy versus Mini-Cholecystectomy.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;6(2):413-6.

Objective: To compare the conventional open and mini-cholecystectomy. Material and methods: This comparative, cross-sectional study was carried at Nishtar Hospital, Multan from April 2010 to September 2010. A total of 50 patients were included in the study. Results: Among 50 patients of gall stone, 8(16%) were male and 42(84%) were female. As regards age, 16(32%) were of <40 years, 14(28%) between 41-50 years and remaining 20(40%) were of >50 years. Out of 50 patients, 32(64%) patients presenting with pain right hypochondrium, in 14(28%) patients presenting complaint was pain epigastrium. In 25 patients of group-A, who were treated conventional open cholecystectomy; the average hospital stay was 8.66 days with shortest stay of 6 days and longest stay of 10 days. Out of 25 patients 16(64%) patients were discharged after 8th day while 4(16%) patients were discharged after patients were discharged after 6 days. In the 25 patients of group-B who were treated by minicholecystectomy, the mean hospital stay was 3.33 days with shortest of 2 days and longest of 5 days. Eight (32%) patients were discharged on 2nd postoperative day, while 14(56%) were discharged on the 3rd postoperative day. Conclusion: Mini-cholecystectomy is associated with less patients discomfort and decreased incidence of postoperative complications.

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