The aim of this study is to show our experience with umbilical hernia herniorrhaphy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy, both in the same act. During last 10 years we operated 89 patients with cholecystitis and pre-existing umbilical hernia. In 61 of them we performed standard laparoscopic cholecystectomy and additional sutures of abdominal wall, and in 28 patients we performed in the same act lap...

conclusions laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a safe and feasible technique to manage cholecystocutaneous fistulas. case presentation a 55-year-old male with comorbidities presented with a discharging sinus at the right upper quadrant area after an abdominal wall abscess drainage. a computerized tomography scan showed a biliary fistula. laparoscopic cholecystectomy was carried out successfully. i...

background: postoperative nausea and vomiting (ponv) is a frequent and unpleasant adverse event associated with surgery. the reported incidence of ponv after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (lc) is quite high. despite the use of different drugs to prevent or relieve ponv, it continues to be undermanaged. recently, studies have been undertaken to determine if gabapentin can be useful for the prevent...

results two weeks after the operation, in the lc group, the qol scores decreased significantly in physical functioning, physical status, body pain and emotional status (for all of them p ≤ 0.01), whereas, in the oc group all the aspect of qol decreased (for all of them p < 0.01), with the exception of body pain (p = 0.982) and social functioning (p = 0.502). four weeks after the operation, the ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to perform a meta-analysis of large laparoscopic cholecystectomy case-series and compare results concerning complications, particularly bile duct injury, to those reported in open cholecystectomy case-series. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Since the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the United States, hundreds of reports about the technique have ...

Background: Cholecystectomy is one of the commonest, clean and contaminated surgery operations performed by the surgeons worldwide. Antibiotic prophylaxis in elective cholecystectomy is a controversial issue and our study was undertaken to evaluate the rate of infection and the usefulness and efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis in elective cholecystectomies. Methods: The study comprised of 100 p...

BACKGROUND The Tokyo guideline for acute cholecystitis recommended percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage followed by cholecystectomy for severe acute cholecystitis, but the optimal timing for the subsequent cholecystectomy remains controversial. METHODS Sixty-seven patients who underwent either laparoscopic or open cholecystectomy after percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage ...

Although cholecystectomy has been reported to be associated with increased risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the association between cholecystectomy and prognosis of HCC patients underwent curative resection has never been examined. Through retrospective analysis of the data of 3933 patients underwent curative resection for HCC, we found that cholecystectomy was an independent ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In patients with acute cholecystitis who cannot undergo early laparoscopic cholecystectomy (within 72 hours), 6 weeks to 12 weeks after onset is widely considered the optimal timing for delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy. However, there has been no clear consensus about it. We aimed to determine optimal timing for delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute chole...