title: [Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with liver cirrhosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess efficacy and safety of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with liver cirrhosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  46 patients with liver cirrhosis Child-Pugh class A and B underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for the period from August 2001 to December 2015. Indications for surgery were acute calculous cholecystitis in 21 (45.6%) patients and chronic calculous cholecystitis in 25 (54.4%) patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean surgery time was 75 minutes. Conversion to open surgery was required in 2 patients. Postoperative complications including bleeding, liver dysfunction, ascites, wound complications were observed in 11 (23.9%) patients. There were no deaths. Mean hospital-stay time was 2.5 days.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laparoscopic cholecystectomy may be successfully performed in carefully selected patients with compensated cirrhosis. The advantages of minimally invasive technique are less blood loss, surgery time and hospital-stay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Diseases #2, Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Gadiev
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Diseases #2, Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku.
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Sarieva
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Diseases #2, Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Abdinov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001201:Ascites / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D001382:Azerbaijan; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D041881:Cholecystitis, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D041761:Cholecystolithiasis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D061646:Operative Time; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis*