Mortality and Complications Associated with Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Abstract

There is wide variability in the amount and type of data reported within any single study, and patient populations may not be comparable across studies. Except for a higher common bile duct injury rate, laparoscopic cholecystectomy appears to be at least as safe a procedure as that of open cholecystectomy.

Our First Hundred Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies

“…The mean operating time, the duration of hospital stay and the time to return to normal activity in our patients and that reported in other series [11][12][13][14] is comparable (Table 3). These good results may be because the number of procedures done are few, although complications occur more commonly early in the learning curve, mostly during a surgeon's first dozen or so laparoscopic cholecystectomies and in hospitals which have done less than a 100 procedures [9,10).…”

Quality-of-life after bile duct injury: intraoperative detection is crucial. A national case-control study

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6] The variation in frequency in the literature is mainly due to various ways of defining a BDI, i.e. if leakage from the cystic duct and liver bed is classified as a bile duct injury or not.…”

Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a novice technique

“…4 Concerns have also been raised about the likely higher incidence of port-site hernias due to the use of multiple closely placed fascial incisions through a narrow area. Specific placement of the ports with a fascial bridge in between them is the key.…”