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  • Title: Acute cholecystitis treated urgently by nonselective laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
    Author: Estes NC, McElhinney C, Estes MA, Opie H, Johnson M.
    Journal: Am Surg; 1996 Jul; 62(7):598-601; discussion 601-2. PubMed ID: 8651559.
    Abstract:
    Beginning in 1990, all patients encountered by the author requiring cholecystectomy were attempted by laparoscopy. This study reports the results of 83 patients with acute cholecystitis who were urgently treated, nonselectively, by laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Acute cholecystitis was diagnosed clinically by the presence of right upper quadrant peritoneal pain, gallbladder phlegmon and fever, and/or increased white blood cell count. In addition, a confirming pathology report and/or elevated white blood cell count was present in all 83 patients. Age ranged from 18 to 82 years with an average of 39.4 years. Fifteen patients were male and 68 female. Insufflation was obtained in all patients without a complication. Discharge occurred by postoperative Day one for 24 patients, Day two for 66 and by Day three for 75 patients (range 19-300 hours). No patient had common duct stones. Most patients had stones impacted in the cystic duct, including one patient who had Mirizzi's syndrome. Operative time ranged from 28 to 300 minutes, with an average of 106.3 minutes. No conversion to open cholecystectomy was required. Complications included bile spillage in five patients, stone spillage in ten, and ileus in three patients. One patient with Mirizzi's syndrome required a postoperative radiological procedure for removal of a cystic duct stone remnant that was not completely removed at the time of operation. The high complication rate initially associated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy probably resulted from violating cardinal principles of surgery, not from the inappropriateness of laparoscopy. In conclusion, it is recommended that urgent laparoscopy is an appropriate initial approach for patients with acute cholecystitis.
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