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  • Title: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a multicenter study.
    Author: Frazee RC, Thames T, Appel M, Roberts J, Symmonds R, Snyder S, Hendricks J, Smith R, Allen TW.
    Journal: J Laparoendosc Surg; 1991 Jun; 1(3):157-9. PubMed ID: 1836401.
    Abstract:
    Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been developed as an alternative to open cholecystectomy for the treatment of symptomatic cholelithiasis. A collaborative study of 261 patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy at three Texas institutions was performed to determine the effectiveness and safety of this technique. There were 65 males and 196 females with a mean age of 49 years (range 17-94 years). Acute cholecystitis was present in 38 patients and chronic cholecystitis in 223 patients. Mean length of surgery was 80 minutes (20 min to 4 hr). Fifteen patients were converted to the open technique intraoperatively due to bleeding, adhesions, or difficulty of dissection. There were no perioperative deaths and morbidity was 3% including urinary retention, small bowel obstruction, arrhythmia, wound infection, and bile leakage. There were no common duct injuries. Hospitalization ranged from outpatient surgery to 7 postoperative days with a mean of 1.2 days. We conclude that laparoscopic cholecystectomy can be performed safely and with low morbidity and offers shorter hospitalization and postoperative recovery.
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