Complications of cholecystectomy in the era of laparoscopic surgery.

Abstract

Both open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy are highly safe and effective procedures for patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis. Today, adverse outcomes after open cholecystectomy are limited to the elderly patients with comorbid conditions and complicated biliary tract disease. Though underreported, major biliary tract complications still occur, more so with laparoscopic cholecystectomy and continue to be the main cause of morbidity after cholecystectomy.

• Authors: V Kumar, G K Pande
• Journal: Tropical gastroenterology : official journal of the Digestive Diseases Foundation (Trop Gastroenterol) 2001 Apr-Jun Vol. 22 Issue 2 Pg. 72-9 ISSN: 0250-636X [Print] India
• PMID: 11552489 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Review)

Topics

• Cholecystectomy (adverse effects, methods)
• Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic (adverse effects, methods)
• Female
• Gallbladder Diseases (mortality, surgery)
• Humans
• Incidence
• Male
• Pain, Postoperative (diagnosis, epidemiology, etiology)
• Postcholecystectomy Syndrome (diagnosis, epidemiology, etiology)
• Prognosis
• Risk Factors
• Sensitivity and Specificity
• Survival Analysis
• Treatment Outcome