Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cholecystectomy is the defacto standard operation for cholelithiasis and there are continuous attempts to do it through a less invasive incision known as mini laparoscopic cholecystectomy (MLC). OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and feasibility of MLC in our center. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This is a pilot study involving 6 selected patients for whom MLC was performed at Al-Jamhory teaching hospital after acquiring the ethical committee permission and patients’ informed consent. RESULTS: The study includes six patients, their average age is 27 years and their average BMI is 28kg\m2. The average operative time is 53 minutes without intra-operative complications. The post-operative pain is mild and the hospital stay is about 12 hours. All patients were satisfied with the cosmetic results. CONCLUSION: This study shows that MLC a safe and feasible procedure; it takes more time than LC but has mild post-operative pain and excellent cosmetic results. It can also be done as a day case surgery.
Recommended Citation
Zidan, Yasser; Al-Azawii, Sahir; and Al-Sharbaty, Muthanna
(2020)
"Feasibility of Minilaparoscopic Cholecystectomy. A pilot Study,"
Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal: Vol. 19:
Iss.
4, Article 7.
DOI: 10.52573/ipmj.2020.167326
Available at:
https://ipmj.researchcommons.org/journal/vol19/iss4/7
DOI
10.52573/ipmj.2020.167326