Mohamad Fawzy Nasser, Yasser Mohd Hussein, Medhat Moustafa, Essam Elsaye, Faiz Saffar, Saeed Abdalla Al-ghamdi, Saleem Abdul Sattar.
Our Experience of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy at King Abdullah Hospital, Bisha: a retrospective Study.
Pak J Surg Jan ;31(3):158-60.

Objective: To evaluate the outcome of laparoscopic cholecystectomy for chronic calcular cholecystitis and cholelithiasis. Design: It is a retrospective analysis Duration: All patients of calcular gall bladder disease who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy from June 2013 till June 2015 are included in this study. Inclusions & Exclusions Criteria: All patients with calcular gall bladder disease and ultra sound evidence of chronic cholecystitis from the age of >12 years up to 90 years are included in this study. Patients with obstructive jaundice, cases with dilated common bile duct more than 8mm and those cases who are declared unfi t for anesthesia are excluded from the study. Patients & Methods: All patients during the period of June 2013 till June 2015 who were fulfi lling the inclusions criteria were included in the study aft er taking approval from the research committ ee of the hospital. All the data regarding above patients entered into predesigned performa. Th e data was analyzed through statistical package for social science SPSS version 17. Mean and standard deviation were calculated for age of patient and duration of disease. Th e variable studied including co-morbidities and their infl uence on outcome. Operative and post-operative complications, operative time, post-operative stay and outcome of surgery in terms of morbidity and mortality. Result: A total of 530 cases underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy during these two years period. 463 of these patients were female and 67 were male. Th e age ranged from 16 to 100 years. 14 developed port-site bleeding and 11 got minor wound infection, 2 developed portsite hernia. Perforation of the gall bladder was noted in 12 cases. Fortunately, no bowel or vascular injury noted. Out of 530 patients, 492 were operated as a day care surgery, 38 patients were operated as in-patient cases. Conclusion: Laparoscopic surgery as an eff ective treatment for chronic calcular cholecystitis and it can be performed as daycare surgery.

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