title: Laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy.
abstract: Laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy has been carried out on 5 patients during a 28-month period. The indications were severe inflammation/fibrosis in 3 patients, cirrhosis with mild portal hypertension in 1 patient and the Mirizzi syndrome in the last patient. There were no deaths and only minor in hospital morbidity. Subtotal cholecystectomy carried out laparoscopically is a safe procedure and can be used in selected patients in order to avoid conversion to an open operation.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Crosthwaite
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McKay
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000601:surgery; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged