title: Outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy. A prospective study with 100 consecutive patients.
abstract: One hundred patients with cholelithiasis were included in a prospective consecutive follow-up study to evaluate laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a day surgical setting. The median operating time was 70 min. In 96% of the patients, it was possible to perform peroperative cholangiography. The median time off work was 7 days and the median time to full recovery was 14 days. Five patients were admitted due to weakness/nausea. Six patients were admitted due to conversion to open surgery or choledocholithiasis. Eighty-nine patients were treated in ambulatory surgery. We conclude that laparoscopic outpatient cholecystectomy can be performed safely with a low unplanned admission rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Karolinska Institutet at Huddinge University Hospital, Minimally Invasive Surgery Stockholm (MISS), K53, SE-141 86, Stockholm, Sweden
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bringman
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Anderberg
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heikkinen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nyberg
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramel