In this study we present prospective clinical trial included 100 patients. One half of the patients underwent open cholecystectomy, whereas laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed in the other half Spirometric parameters, arterial blood gases, acid-base balance, were determined preoperatively, and then at 6 h, 24 h, 72 h and 144 h postoperatively. The impact of physical therapy on the respir...

OBJECTIVE To compare patient-satisfaction, scar-pain and cosmesis between laparoscopic and open-cholecystectomy. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, from August 2012 to May 2014. METHODOLOGY A total of 400 patients, who had undergone open or laparoscopic cholecystectomy in all units of the Surgical Department, were included....

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Although many advantages of laparoscopic method in regard to open one have been already proved, both surgical methods may cause a certain number of complications. The goal of the study is to answer the question: Is Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (LC) safer and more satisfactory method than open cholecystectomy (OC) concerning number, type and seriousness of complications...

INTRODUCTION: Mouret introduced laparoscopic cholecystectomy in 1987. It has rapidly replaced open cholecystectomy as the standard treatment (1) and considered The Gold standard treatment for symptomatic gallstone disease (2) Laparoscopic cholecystectomy showed higher benefits for patients with lower prevalence of postoperative complications, feeding earlier, shorter mean hospital stay and equi...

Background: Identifying risk factors for conversion to open surgery laparoscopic cholecystectomy and factors are difficult to predict cholecystectomy surgery is required. The aim of this study was to evaluate the findings of preoperative ultrasound in predicting the length of laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery. Methods: The present study was performed cross-sectional on 122 patients who unde...

BACKGROUND Epidemiological data on characteristics of patients undergoing open or laparoscopic cholecystectomy are limited. In this register study we examined characteristics and mortality of patients who underwent cholecystectomy during hospital stay in Sweden 2000 - 2003. METHODS Hospital discharge and death certificate data were linked for all patients undergoing cholecystectomy in Sweden ...

We compared serum leptin responses during and after laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy, and assessed their correlation with the responses of inflammatory cytokines. Serum levels of leptin, interleukin-1alpha (IL-1alpha), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) were measured by an enzyme-linked immunoassay in 31 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy and ...

Background: Cholecystectomy is one of the most common abdominal surgeries and its preferred method is laparoscopy. The difficulty of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in diabetic patients is not clear and the preferred method of cholecystectomy in these patients is still under controversy. Therefore, this study was performed to evaluate the difficulty of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in diabetic and ...