NEEDLESCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Authors
CHEAH WK GOH P GAGNER M SO J
Citation
Wk. Cheah et al., NEEDLESCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLECYSTECTOMY, Surgical laparoscopy & endoscopy, 8(3), 1998, pp. 237-238
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Surgical laparoscopy & endoscopy → ACNP
ISSN journal
10517200
Volume
8
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
237 - 238
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-7200(1998)8:3<237:NRC>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Needlescopic surgery is a refinement of laparoscopic surgery wherein i nstruments smaller than 3 mm are used. The advantage is the minute wou nds that heal imperceptibly. Initial reports of needlescopic cholecyst ectomy were confined to uninflamed gallbladders where the antegrade te chnique was invariably used. This case demonstrates a needlescopic cho lecystectomy by the retrograde approach for an inflamed gallbladder.