title: [Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: 3 years of experience at a university hospital].
abstract: We analyse the first 174 patients treated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) and their follow-up results. Average age was 57 years. Intraoperative cholangiography was not done in anyone. Conversion rate into other forms of intervention was 6.3%. The rate of common bile duct injury has been null. Total morbidity was 6.3%. Two cases of pulmonary embolism and two biliary leakages stand out in the postoperative morbidity. There was no death. After a follow-up period of up to 36 months, only 1 case of residual choledocholithiasis was registered, and it was cured with endoscopy. In this series morbid-mortality figures are low. LC is a safe procedure in the treatment of cholelithiasis, even in older patients.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía I, Hospital Universitario San Carlos, Madrid.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mayol Martínez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vincent Hamelin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martínez-Sarmiento
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ortiz Oshiro
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moreno Tello
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Tamayo Fernández
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Orega López
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alvarez Fernández-Represa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
vernacular_title: Colecistectomía laparoscópica: tres años de experiencia en un Hospital Universitario.