SINGLE PORT LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY IN HUE CENTRAL HOSPITAL
Purpose: Evaluating the initial results in applying single port laparoscopic cholecystectomy at Hue Central Hospital. Patients and methods: 29 gallbladder polyps, gallstones with symptoms of acute or chronic cholecystitis and surgeried by single port laparoscopic cholecystectomy at Hue Central Hospital from March 2011 to December 2011. Results: Male/female was 0.45/1. Age: 49.24 ± 16.43 (21-81), 40 to 60 years 54.6%. Cholecystitis: 75.9%, 17.3% gallbladder polyp, gallbladder adenomyomatosis 3.4%. Added 1 trocart because difficult dissection surgery 10.2%, bleeding 6.8% difficult to handle, added 2 trocart 3.4%. Bleeding intraoperative 10.3%. Operating time: 76.2 ± 33.5 minutes, hospital stay: 4 - 6 days 51.7%. Wound pain after 2 weeks of hospital discharge 6.9%, with no wound seromas and no wound infection. Conclusions: Single port laparoscopic cholecystestomy is safe, has fewer complications, can be done with experienced surgeons laparoscopic surgery. Keywords: Single port laparoscopic cholecystectomy, gallbladder ston Key words: Single port laparoscopic cholecystectomy, gallbladder stone