Needlescopic Cholecystectomy

Authors

  • Chanchai Nimitravanich Department of Surgery, Vajira Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand

Abstract

From June 1996 to May 1997, thirty five cases of gallbladder dieases successfully underwent needlescopic cholecystectomy. There were 30 cases of cholelithiasis, 5 cases of acute calculous cholecystitis. Their ages ranged from 19-81 years. The mean operative time was 68, 1 minutes (range 35 - 180 minutes). The mean hospital stay was 2.1 days. Patients were able to return to their normal activity in the average of 7.9 days. Only three cases of acute cholecystitis required pain medication on the first postoperative day. The surgical wounds of epigastric port and the two lateral ports were so small and hardly noticeable. Needlescopic cholecystectomy is another minimally invasive technique for laparoscopic cholecystectomy with much less scar and less tissue trauma

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Published

1998-12-30

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Nimitravanich C. Needlescopic Cholecystectomy. Thai J Surg [Internet]. 1998 Dec. 30 [cited 2024 Jul. 18];19(4):135-8. Available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ThaiJSurg/article/view/250042

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Vol. 19 No. 4 (1998): October - December

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Original Articles

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