[Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: 3 years of experience at a university hospital].
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.
Mayol Martínez
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Servicio de Cirugía I, Hospital Universitario San Carlos, Madrid.
Vincent Hamelin
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Martínez-Sarmiento
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Ortiz Oshiro
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Moreno Tello
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Tamayo Fernández
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Orega López
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Alvarez Fernández-Represa
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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
Colecistectomía laparoscópica: tres años de experiencia en un Hospital Universitario.