title: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Experience of the first 150 patients.
abstract: Between April 1991 and May 1992, 150 patients were treated by laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Eleven patients (7.3%) required conversion to open laparotomy and five (3.3%) patients were operated on for postoperative complications. There were two (1.3%) patients with a hepatic duct lesion, one of which was treated with a T-tube alone but the other required a bilioenteral reconstruction. The average operation time was 72 minutes (range 30-240 minutes). The mean hospital stay of all patients was 2.1 days (range 1-28 days) and the mean time to return to work was 11.5 days (range 6-60 days).
authors: Department of Surgery, University of Turku, Finland.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Ovaska
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Gullichsen
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Braskén
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Pekkala
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Havia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D042882:Gallstones / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies