Qazi Jalaluddin Ahmed, Mansoor Akhtar Gulfam, Shah M Noonari, Nawaid Farooque Khan.
Ten years experience on mini cholecystectomy verus ten years experience of conventional cholecystectomy at K.V.S.S. Site hospital, Karachi
Pak J Surg Apr - Jun 2004;20(1):8-10.
KVSS Site hospital and Hamdard Medical College, Karachi
Over a span of ten years i.e from 1994 to 2003, 1040 mini cholecystectomies (MC) were performed at KVSS Site hospital through a small (about 3.5cms) subcostal incision placed just below the tip of ninth costal cartilage. The cases were studied for operative time, post operative hospital stay, post operative pain, resumption of daily life and work, antibiotics used, drain insertion, post operative complications and conversion to conventional cholecystectomy (CC). Results of the above mentioned study were compared with the results of 950 cases of conventional cholecystectomy performed through Kocher`s incision during the preceding ten year period i.e from 1984 to 1993. As a result of comparison of the two procedures it is concluded that mini cholecystectomy is superior to conventional cholecystectomy.
Category: Surgery
Keywords: Gall Bladder. Cholecystecomy. Cholelithiasis.
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