Cholecystectomy in octogenarians: recent 5 years' experience

Cholecystectomy in octogenarians: recent 5 years' experience

BACKGROUNDS/AIMS Aging of population is leading to more operative treatments on elderly patients in various aspects. Growing numbers of patients are going through operations about cholecystitis in the same sense. We tried to survey them anew about remarkably increasing octogenarian patients and the outcome after operative management for cholecystitis seeking to improve treatment result. METHO...

Outcomes of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Octogenarians

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Extremely elderly patients usually present with complicated gallstone disease and are less likely to undergo definitive treatment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in octogenarians, with an interest in patients presenting initially with complicated gallstone disease and pancreatitis who underwent laparoscopic cholecy...

Needlescopic Cholecystectomy: Lessons Learned in 10 Years of Experience

OBJECTIVES Needlescopic cholecystectomy (NC) is a refinement of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) using 2-mm instruments compared with the standard 5-mm and 10-mm ports. We review our experience with needlescopic cholecystectomy. METHODS From 1994 to 2004, 303 patients underwent NC. All patients were operated on using 2-mm instruments and one 10-mm trocar for the laparoscope. The characterist...

Cystic duct closure during partial cholecystectomy: ten years' experience

BACKGROUNDS/AIMS When surgeons face difficulties in dissecting the Calot triangle during cholecystectomy due to severe inflammation or fibrosis, the proximal portion of the gallbladder is left in place to avoid injury to the bile duct; this procedure is called partial cholecystectomy (PC), and it is associated with a much higher complication rate after the operation. METHODS We surveyed the c...

Body Contouring Surgery: Our 5 Years Experience