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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Patients With Cirrhosis of the Liver and Symptomatic Cholelithiasis
BACKGROUND: The indications and benefits of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in patients with liver cirrhosis and symptomatic cholelithiasis have not been satisfactorily documented. The aim of this study was to investigate its efficacy and safety in such patients. METHODS: Medical records of 38 pat...
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author | Pavlidis, Theodoros E. Symeonidis, Nikolaos G. Psarras, Kyriakos Skouras, Christos Kontoulis, Theodoros M. Ballas, Konstantinos Rafailidis, Savas F. Marakis, Georgios N. Sakantamis, Athanasios K. |
author_facet | Pavlidis, Theodoros E. Symeonidis, Nikolaos G. Psarras, Kyriakos Skouras, Christos Kontoulis, Theodoros M. Ballas, Konstantinos Rafailidis, Savas F. Marakis, Georgios N. Sakantamis, Athanasios K. |
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description | BACKGROUND: The indications and benefits of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in patients with liver cirrhosis and symptomatic cholelithiasis have not been satisfactorily documented. The aim of this study was to investigate its efficacy and safety in such patients. METHODS: Medical records of 38 patients with liver cirrhosis (stages Child-Pugh A and B) who underwent LC were retrospectively reviewed. Demographic characteristics and other parameters including initial presentation, conversion rate, complication rate, mortality, and duration of hospital stay were investigated and compared with noncirrhotic patients' parameters in our database. RESULTS: Cirrhotic patients who underwent LC were older than noncirrhotic patients (P=0.021). Both the conversion rate (15.78%) and the duration of hospital stay were increased in the cirrhotic group, but without significant differences. Major complications occurred more often in the cirrhotic group (P=0.027), increasing morbidity; however, the mortality was zero. CONCLUSIONS: LC can be safely performed in Child-Pugh A and B cirrhotic patients with symptomatic gallstone disease, with acceptable complication and conversion rates. The increased risk for a major complication, however, demands more attention than usual. |
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spelling | pubmed-30159652011-02-17 Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Patients With Cirrhosis of the Liver and Symptomatic Cholelithiasis Pavlidis, Theodoros E. Symeonidis, Nikolaos G. Psarras, Kyriakos Skouras, Christos Kontoulis, Theodoros M. Ballas, Konstantinos Rafailidis, Savas F. Marakis, Georgios N. Sakantamis, Athanasios K. JSLS Scientific Papers BACKGROUND: The indications and benefits of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in patients with liver cirrhosis and symptomatic cholelithiasis have not been satisfactorily documented. The aim of this study was to investigate its efficacy and safety in such patients. METHODS: Medical records of 38 patients with liver cirrhosis (stages Child-Pugh A and B) who underwent LC were retrospectively reviewed. Demographic characteristics and other parameters including initial presentation, conversion rate, complication rate, mortality, and duration of hospital stay were investigated and compared with noncirrhotic patients' parameters in our database. RESULTS: Cirrhotic patients who underwent LC were older than noncirrhotic patients (P=0.021). Both the conversion rate (15.78%) and the duration of hospital stay were increased in the cirrhotic group, but without significant differences. Major complications occurred more often in the cirrhotic group (P=0.027), increasing morbidity; however, the mortality was zero. CONCLUSIONS: LC can be safely performed in Child-Pugh A and B cirrhotic patients with symptomatic gallstone disease, with acceptable complication and conversion rates. The increased risk for a major complication, however, demands more attention than usual. Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC3015965/ /pubmed/19793474 Text en © 2009 by JSLS, Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/), which permits for noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not altered in any way. |
spellingShingle | Scientific Papers Pavlidis, Theodoros E. Symeonidis, Nikolaos G. Psarras, Kyriakos Skouras, Christos Kontoulis, Theodoros M. Ballas, Konstantinos Rafailidis, Savas F. Marakis, Georgios N. Sakantamis, Athanasios K. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Patients With Cirrhosis of the Liver and Symptomatic Cholelithiasis |
title | Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Patients With Cirrhosis of the Liver and Symptomatic Cholelithiasis |
title_full | Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Patients With Cirrhosis of the Liver and Symptomatic Cholelithiasis |
title_fullStr | Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Patients With Cirrhosis of the Liver and Symptomatic Cholelithiasis |
title_full_unstemmed | Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Patients With Cirrhosis of the Liver and Symptomatic Cholelithiasis |
title_short | Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Patients With Cirrhosis of the Liver and Symptomatic Cholelithiasis |
title_sort | laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with cirrhosis of the liver and symptomatic cholelithiasis |
topic | Scientific Papers |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3015965/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19793474 |
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