title: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a small rural hospital in Kashmir Valley, India.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Minimal Access Surgery Unit, Government Gousia Hospital, Srinagar, Kashmir. iqbalsurg@yahoomail.com
authors.forename: Iqbal Saleem
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Mir
authors.forename: Mir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohsin
authors.forename: Tafazul
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Majid
authors.forename: Khurshid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wani
authors.lastname: Mehmood-ul-Hasan
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kirmani
authors.forename: Javed
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Naqshbandi
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maqbool
mesh_terms: 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