title: [3-trocar video laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a retrospective study].
abstract: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard for lithiasis of the gallbladder. Over the period from 1991 to 2000, the authors performed 1,321 videolaparoscopic cholecystectomies in the Surgical Division of San Giovanni Battista Hospital in Zagarolo (Rome). From January 1998 to December 2000, 390 of these patients were operated on consecutively utilising only three trocars. The authors report on this restricted subgroup of patients and stress that videolaparoscopic cholecystectomy is the treatment of choice. They claim that routine perioperative cholangiography is useless and that a fourth trocar is unnecessary.
authors.affiliation: Unità Operativa di Chirurgia Generale Ospedale San Giovanni Battista, ASL RM/G, Zagarolo, Roma.
authors.forename: Domenico Stefano
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Polito
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Florio
authors.forename: Silvestro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cisternino
authors.forename: Guerino Francesco
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Pinna
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nazzaro
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fava
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002758:Cholangiography; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000295:instrumentation; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000601:surgery; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004487:Edema / Q000601:surgery; D004653:Empyema / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery
vernacular_title: La colecistectomia videolaparoscopica utilizzando tre trocar: studio retrospettivo.