[Laparoscopic cholecystectomy].
80 patients underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy, of whom 64 were females and 16 males (age range 20-70 years) and 15 had undergone previous abdominal operations. 3 of the 80 operations were converted to open cholecystectomy. In 11, preoperative ERCP was performed, in 2 of whom common bile duct stones were detected. In 7 intraoperative cholangiography was performed. The average hospital stay was 2.2 days. Based on this and other studies, laparoscopic cholecystectomy seems to be the operation of choice for symptomatic cholelithiasis.
Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles.
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Halevy
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Gold-Deutsch
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Negri
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Halpern
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Slutzki
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Sackier
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged