FEASIBILITY OF DAY-CASE LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Authors
STEPHENSON BM CALLANDER C SAGE M VELLACOTT KD
Citation
Bm. Stephenson et al., FEASIBILITY OF DAY-CASE LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 75(4), 1993, pp. 249-251
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England → ACNP
ISSN journal
00358843
Volume
75
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
249 - 251
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8843(1993)75:4<249:FODLC>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy was offered as a day case to 15 patients (mean age 42; range 33-72 years). Three patients required overnight ad mission for non-operative reasons. The mean in-hospital stay for those patients successfully treated as day cases was 8.5 h and overall 12 h (range 6-28 h). In selected cases day case laparoscopic cholecystecto my is a feasible alternative to conventional inpatient management.