Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a small rural hospital in Kashmir Valley, India.
This study evaluates the feasibility of performing laparoscopic cholecystectomy in order to reduce the expenditure in a 28-bed sub-district hospital in Kashmir, India. We report on a prospective clinical trail involving patients with gall bladder disease reported to the hospital from June 2005 till May 2007.
Mir
Iqbal Saleem
IS
Minimal Access Surgery Unit, Government Gousia Hospital, Srinagar, Kashmir. iqbalsurg@yahoomail.com
Mohsin
Mir
M
Majid
Tafazul
T
Wani
Khurshid
K
Mehmood-ul-Hasan
Kirmani
Omar
O
Naqshbandi
Javed
J
Maqbool
Mohammed
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged