LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY IN ELDERLY P ATIENTS - A SERIES OF 115 CASES

Authors
ELHOMSY G GARCET L VARAEI K MATTA W DINH A
Citation
G. Elhomsy et al., LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY IN ELDERLY P ATIENTS - A SERIES OF 115 CASES, Journal de chirurgie, 133(6), 1996, pp. 262-266
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Journal de chirurgie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00217697
Volume
133
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
262 - 266
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-7697(1996)133:6<262:LCIEPA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We report a retrospective analysis of 115 elderly patients over 70 yea rs of nse who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic l ithiasis between January 1990 and January 1996. This technique is perf ectly adapted to elderly patients. Complications are less frequent and better tolerated than for conventional open surgery. In this series, the success rate was 97.39 % with technique-related complications at 2 .7 %. None of these complications required reoperation.