title: [Mini-lap cholecystectomy].
abstract: In a selected group of patients, cholecystectomy through small incision, the so called minilaparotomy, has certain advantages over an operation throug classical laparatomy. Over a period of seven years, at the Surgical Ward of the Health Centre, Vranje, 504 patients were operated for gallbladder stones, 455 of whom by classical laparatomy (90.28%) and 49 patients by minilaparatomy (9.72%). Of 49 patients minilaparatomy cholecystectomy was successfully carried out in 45 patients (91.83%). Mortality, morbidity of major significance, or operative injuries to the main bile duct did not occur in this group of patients, in contrast to the group with classical laparatomy, where mortality of 0.66% and injuries of the main bile duct in 0.66% of the cases, were recorded. The hospital stay was shorter and working abilities were re-established faster in the group of patients with minilaparatomy operation. We conclude that in selected group of patients minilaparatomy cholecystectomy is a reasonable alternative to the classical operation.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stosić
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cenić
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Manasijević
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pocevski
mesh_terms: D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome