scholarly journals Retrospective Study of Three-port versus Standard Four-port Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Single Surgical Unit Experience of 1456 Patients

Author(s):  
Vivek Srivastava ◽  
Mumtaz Ahmad Ansari ◽  
Vijay Kumar Shukla ◽  
Somprakas Basu

Introduction: Although laparoscopic surgeries have proven beyond doubt their benefit in terms of early recovery, better patient care and cost-effectiveness, the quest for reduction in either the size or number of ports still continues. Aim: To compare the safety, outcome, and advantages between three-port versus four-port Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (LC) in acute and chronic cholecystitis. Materials and Methods: Medical records of 1456 patients that underwent LC (three- or four-port) for acute and chronic cholecystitis from January 2015 to December 2019 (60 months) were retrospectively analysed. All patients were given the same anaesthetic drugs for induction and maintenance, with standard anaesthetic protocol. The results were compared for both the techniques in terms of operating time, conversion rate, intraoperative complications, immediate postoperative complications, pain score, analgesic requirement and hospital stay. Results: Total 1456 patients underwent LC; 1282 were female and 174 were male. The mean age of the patients was 39.2 years (range 18-70 years). The three-port LC technique was performed on 816 (56.04%) patients, while the traditional four-port LC technique was performed on 640 (43.96%) patients. Visual Analog Score (VAS) in the postoperative period at six hour was 2.11±0.82 in three-port group versus 3.17±1.12 in four-port group, this suggests that there was a significant difference in pain in these two groups in the early postoperative period (p<0.001). In three-port group, the requirement of analgesic drug was significantly less as compared to four-port group (2.86±0.98 versus 3.22±0.87; p<0.001). There was no statistically significant difference in the mean operating time, duration of hospital stay, intra and postoperative complications, days to return to normal activity, satisfaction score and conversion rate (p=0.087, p=0.061, p=0.578, p=0.555, p=0.572 and p=0.145, respectively). Conclusion: Three-port LC is a feasible, effective and safe technique that further enhances the surgical outcome in terms of postoperative pain, fewer needs for analgesic medication.

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (02) ◽  
pp. 237-242
Author(s):  
AWAIS SHUJA ◽  
ABID BASHIR ◽  
ABID RASHID

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard treatment for patients presenting with acute gall stone disease necessitating hospital admission. Objective: To assess the impact of timing of laparoscopic cholecystectomy on conversion rate, hospital stay and morbidity. Period: Jan 2008-2010. Setting: Department of Surgery, Independent University Hospital, Faisalabad. Study Design: Experimental study. Material & Methods: The subjects were included by consecutive sampling technique. 81 cases were divided into 3 groups. Group A (Surgery within 72 hrs of onset symptoms). Group B (surgery between 72hrs to 96 hours of onset of symptoms). Group C (surgery after 96 hours of onset of symptoms). Results: The mean age was 41-95 years. Female to male ratio was 4.5:1. The overall complication rate was 12.69%. Mean hospital stay was 2.85 days. The open conversion rate was 8.64%. In group A the complication rate was 6%, group B 11.5% and group C 12.8&. The mean hospital stay and conversion rate had no significant difference. Conclusions: The timing of laparoscopic cholecystectomy has no significant impact on the conversion rate and length of hospital stay in cases with acute cholecystitis. However the complication rate was higher when surgery performed after 72 hours of onset of symptoms.


2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Şevket Barış Morkavuk ◽  
Murat Güner ◽  
Mesut Tez ◽  
Ali Ekrem Ünal

Abstract Background Urinary system resections are performed during the cytoreductive surgery with hypertermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS-HIPEC). However, isolated ureter resection and reconstruction results are uncertain. The aim of this study was to evaluate the postoperative outcomes of isolated ureteral resection and reconstructions in patients who underwent CRC and HIPEC procedure. Methods A total of 257 patients that underwent CRC and HIPEC between 2015 and 2017 in the Department of Surgical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, were retrospectively analyzed. Twenty patients that had undergone isolated ureteral resection and reconstruction were included in the study. Predisposing factors were investigated in patients who developed postoperative complications. Results The mean age of the patients was 55.1 years. The mean follow-up time of all the patients was 11.6 months. Postoperative mortality occurred in two patients. The mean PCI score was 13.9. Postoperative urologic complications were observed in eight patients after ureter reconstruction. There was no statistically significant difference between the groups in terms of reconstruction techniques and postoperative complications (P = 302). There was no correlation between age (P = 0.571) and gender (P = 0.161) with complications. CRS-HIPEC was performed mostly due to gynecologic malignancy. However, there was no correlation between the primary cancer diagnosis and the development of complications (P = 0.514). The hospital stay duration was higher in the group with complications (16.3 vs 8.8 days, P = 0.208). Conclusions Ureteral resections and reconstructions can be performed for R0/1 resections in CRS-HIPEC operations. It leads to an increase in hospital stay. But there is no significant difference in the development of complications. In the management of complications, conservative approach was sufficient.


2014 ◽  
Vol 99 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alper Bilal Özkardeş ◽  
Mehmet Tokaç ◽  
Ersin Gürkan Dumlu ◽  
Birkan Bozkurt ◽  
Ahmet Burak Çiftçi ◽  
...  

Abstract We aimed to compare the clinical outcome and cost of early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. Sixty patients with acute cholecystitis were randomized into early (within 24 hours of admission) or delayed (after 6–8 weeks of conservative treatment) laparoscopic cholecystectomy groups. There was no significant difference between study groups in terms of operation time and rates for conversion to open cholecystectomy. On the other hand, total hospital stay was longer (5.2 ± 1.40 versus 7.8 ± 1.65 days; P = 0.04) and total costs were higher (2500.97 ± 755.265 versus 3713.47 ± 517.331 Turkish Lira; P = 0.03) in the delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy group. Intraoperative and postoperative complications were recorded in 8 patients in the early laparoscopic cholecystectomy group, whereas no complications occurred in the delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy group (P = 0.002). Despite intraoperative and postoperative complications being associated more with early laparoscopic cholecystectomy compared with delayed intervention, early laparoscopic cholecystectomy should be preferred for treatment of acute cholecystitis because of its advantages of shorter hospital stay and lower cost.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 3715
Author(s):  
K. R. Manoj Prabu ◽  
Dhinesh Balaji ◽  
Vishwanath M. Pai

Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is one of the most common surgeries performed nowadays. It remains an enigma regarding efficacy, safety and postoperative complications for using suture ligation for ligating cystic duct in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The aim of the present study was to study the efficacy of ligating the cystic duct with sutures in laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Methods: This prospective study was performed between June 2018 and April 2019 in Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, in a rural center, Kanchipuram, India. All the patients included consented for the study. Patients who underwent subtotal cholecystectomy were excluded from the study.Results: The study included 70 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a single unit. All cases were operated by a single surgeon. Of the 70 patients, the Cystic duct (CD) was simply ligated in 55 patients with CD <5 mm in diameter. The CD in 15 of those patients had to be divided and sutured in continuity for wide CD (>5 mm). The mean time for ligation of cystic duct was 5 min. Similarly, the mean time for ligation of cystic artery was 1.50 min. The mean operative time was 50 mins. There were no postoperative complications, such as bile leakage.Conclusions: SL of the CD is a very safe and secure alternative to the application of metal clips. It can be used in dilated CD, readily available and very cost effective and the complications of clips are avoided. The only disadvantage is that it needs expertise to perform and subsequently increasing the operating time. This technique is recommended in all laparoscopic cholecystectomies, especially in difficult cases.


Author(s):  
Alexander F. Ale ◽  
Mercy W. Isichei ◽  
Danaan J. Shilong ◽  
Solomon D. Peter ◽  
Andrew H. Shitta ◽  
...  

Background: To present this experience using the fundus-first technique during laparoscopic cholecystectomy for the management of symptomatic gall stone disease with an intra-operative finding of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome.Methods: This is a prospective review of patients who had the fundus-first dissection during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The study was carried out at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), and FOMAS hospital, both of which are tertiary hospitals located in Jos. Patients were recruited from January 2017 - January 2019. All patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy who had an intraoperative diagnosis of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome, and who had the fundus-first dissection, were included in the study. Patients who had fundus-first dissection for indications other than Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome, were excluded from the study. Demographic and clinical information of patients included age, sex, duration of surgery, complications, and duration of hospital stay. Descriptive statistics were applied.Results: A total of 76 patients had elective laparoscopic cholecystectomies over the study period. Of that number, 17 (22.4%) patients had an intra- operative diagnosis of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome, and had the fundus-first dissection. The mean patient age was 46.3 years (SD = 11.7 years). All patients were female. The mean operating time was 70 minutes (SD = 23 minutes). The duration of hospital stay was 24 hours. There was one conversion due to uncontrollable intraoperative bleeding.Conclusions: This study revealed that the fundus-first dissection is suitable for removing the gall bladder during laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with gall stone disease, and an intraoperative finding of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome.


2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (214) ◽  
pp. 945-948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajesh Poudel

Introduction: Although operation within “golden 72 hours” from the onset of symptoms has been suggested for acute calculus cholecystitis, such early surgery is hardly possible in clinical practice because of variable timing of presentation. The aim of this study is to compare the outcomes of patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy within 72 hours of symptom onset with patients undergoing surgery after 72 hours up to 7 days of symptom onset for acute calculus cholecystitis.Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out from November 2016 to July 2018. Patients with acute calculus cholecystitis were divided in two groups according to the onset of symptoms. Main outcomes measured were conversion rate, duration of surgery, length of hospital stay and intraoperative complications.Results: Total 64 patients were evaluated. Among which 18 (28.1%) underwent surgery within 72 hours of onset of symptom. Around 46 (71.9%) underwent surgery after 72 hours of symptom onset. On bivariate analysis there were no significant differences in mean duration of surgery, hospital stay and conversion to open surgery between two groups. Conclusions: Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a safe procedure when done within 7 days of symptom onset. There were no significant difference in conversion rate, operative time, hospital stay, morbidity and mortality.


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-71
Author(s):  
K. Koirala ◽  
G. Simkhada ◽  
N. Adhikari ◽  
R. Mukhia ◽  
S. Shakya

Background: Conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy is performed using four ports. With increasing surgeon experience, there is a trend towards performing it using three ports. The aim of this study was to compare the three-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy with the conventional four-port technique in terms of safety, benefits and feasibility in a teaching hospital and private hospital setups.Materials & Methods: A retrospective review of medical records was performed on patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy at KIST Medical College and Teaching Hospital and Om Hospital & Research Center P. Ltd by a single laparoscopic surgeon. The review included demographics, operating time, analgesics requirement, post- operative hospital stay and intra-operative and post-operative complications. The data were tabulated in MS-Excel and statistically analyzed using SPSS statistics software, version 21.Results: There were 150 patients included in this study with 75 patients in each three and four-port groups. The demographics were comparable in both groups. 7.3% were diagnosed with acute calculous cholecystitis, 76.7% with chronic calculous cholecystitis and 3.3 % were gall bladder polyps. Four-port technique was generally required for the acute calculous cholecystitis which was statistically significant. The three-port group had a shorter mean operative time than the four-port group. There was no statistically significant difference in the doses of analgesics requirement and mean post-operative hospital stay in both groups. There were no major intra and post-operative complications in both groups. Four-port technique was commonly done in teaching hospital and the three-port in private hospital.Conclusions: There is significant number of laparoscopic cases being performed using three ports and we concluded that the three-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy is safe and feasible in experienced hand although there is no significant benefit. The study also showed an increasing use of four-port technique in the teaching institution which is better to clearly visualize the anatomy of the Calot’s triangle. So we recommend using the four-port technique for teaching the beginners and as the experience is gained, we can gradually shift to three-port technique and at the same time we shouldn’t hesitate to convert to four-port in difficult cases.JMMIHS.2018;4(1):66-71


2017 ◽  
Vol 86 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arpad Ivanecz ◽  
Vid Pivec ◽  
Irena Plahuta ◽  
Bojan Krebs ◽  
Tomaž Jagrič ◽  
...  

Background: In many referral centers, laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) is a well-established method for the management of colorectal liver metastases (CLM). The aim of this study is to review a single institution experience.Methods: Between April 2008 and September 2016, 58 patients underwent LLR for various benign and malignant liver tumors. The analysis included 12 patients operated on for CLM. The primary outcomes of this prospective non-randomized study included operative procedure and operating time (minutes), estimated blood loss (mL), conversion rate, R0 resections, resection margins (mm), length of hospital stay (days), post-operative morbidity, and mortality. The secondary outcome of the study was survival analysis.Results: Eight patients (67 %) had atypical LLR. The average operating time was 130 minutes (range 60–210 minutes). The mean estimated blood loss was 140 mL (range < 50–600 mL). In one patient LLR was converted to open procedure (conversion rate 8 %). Seven patients (58 %) had one liver metastasis. The mean metastasis size was 3.6 cm (range 1–9 cm). R0 resection was achieved in all cases. The mean resection margin was 6.8 mm (range 2–15 mm). Te mean length of hospital stay was 6 days (range 3–12 days). Morbidity and mortality rates were 0 %. The median follow-up for surviving patients was 13 months. Nine patients are alive with no evidence of disease, two patients are alive with disease and one patient died of disease.Conclusion: LLR is a feasible and safe method for the treatment of CLM and there is no compromise of oncological surgical principles.


2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cássio Padilha Rubert ◽  
Roberta Alves Higa ◽  
Fabiano Vilas Boas Farias

Objective: to analyze the differences in mortality rates, length of hospital stay, time of surgery and the conversion rate between elective open cholecystectomies (OC) and laparoscopic ones (LC) in elderly patients. Methods : we evaluated medical records of patients 65 years of age or older undergoing open or laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the Hospital Regional de Mato Grosso do Sul between January 2008 and December 2011. We excluded individuals operated in non-elective scenarios or who underwent intraoperative cholangiography. Results : we studied 113 patients, of whom 38.1% were submitted to the OC and 61.9%, to LC. Women accounted for 69% of patients and men, for 31%. The conversion rate was 2.9%. The mean age and duration of the procudure was 70.1 and 84 minutes, respectively, with no significant difference between OC and LC. Patients undergoing LC had shorter hospital stays (2.01 versus 2.95 days, p=0.0001). We identified operative complications in sixpatients (14%) after OC and in nine (12%) after LC, with no statistical difference. Conclusion : there was no difference in morbidity and mortality when comparing OC with LC. The laparoscopic approach led to shorter hospital stay. Operative time did not differ between the two access routes. The conversion rate was similar to other studies.


2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
B R Malla ◽  
R K M Shrestha

Background Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become standard method for treating gallstone. However, different centres have reported different complications and conversion rate. The objective of this study was to evaluate complications and conversion of laparoscopic cholecystectomy into open cholecystectomy in Dhulikhel Hospital, Kathmandu University, Nepal. Methods Files of all patients who had laparoscopic cholecystectomy from January 2005 to December 2009 were reviewed. Out of 119 laparoscopic cholecystectomy cases, 102 were included in the study as complete information was lacking in the rest. Results Out of 102 cases, 80 were female. Symptomatic cholelithiasis were 76.47%. The mean hospital stay was 2.48 days. Postoperative complications occured in 5.88% patients. Conversion rate to open cholecystectomy was 3.92%. Conclusions Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a reliable and safe surgery. With growing experience in laparoscopic technique, it is possible to bring complications and conversion rate to minimum. However, there will be no significant improvements once learning curve is reached. Rather, the nature of biliary injury may become more severe.http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/kumj.v8i4.6232 Kathmandu Univ Med J 2010;8(4):367-9


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