title: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: an analysis on 114,005 cases of United States series.
abstract: 114,005 cases from 40 United States series of laparoscopic cholecystectomies (LC) were reviewed. Indications, conversion rates, rates of intra-operative cholangiography (IOC), and incidence of bile duct stone and iatrogenic bile duct injuries were assessed. Indications included acute cholecystitis in 11.6% and gallstone pancreatitis in 2.1% of reported cases. Conversion rate was to be primarily related to inflammation. Unsuspected bile duct stones were detected intra-operatively in 7.8% of cases. 561 major bile duct injuries (BDI) and 401 bile leaks (BL) were recorded and acute or chronic inflammation was their most important potential predisposing factor. In series with a high rate of IOC performed during LC, BDJ and BL were slightly lower and lesions recognized intra-operatively were much higher than in series with low rate of IOC. BDJ occurred in the first 50 patients of the surgeon's experience in about 91% of the cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vecchio
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: MacFadyen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Latteri
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000293:injuries; D002758:Cholangiography; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000601:surgery; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States