Conventional versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients admitted to Al-Gamhouria Teaching Hospital, Aden-Yemen

Abstract EN

Cholecystectomy, the surgical removal of gallbladder, is one of the most frequently performed operations as a common therapy for gall bladder disorders.

This study is a prospective and comparative hospital-based, with an overall aim to compare the outcome of conventional cholecystectomy (CC) and laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in patients admitted to Al-Gamhouria Teaching Hospital, during the period of one year, from January 1st, 2007 through December 31st 2007.

Cholecystectomy was performed for 146 patients (72 by CC and 74 by LC).

Variables analyzed were age, sex, associated morbidity, postoperative complications hospital-stay, mortality and operative time.

The female to male ratio was (6.3:1).

The common age group was the fifth decade (40-49 years) 56.8%.

The mean operation time was 149 min for CC vs.

48 min for LC.

The morbidity during and after CC was higher than that of LC.

Mortality was 1.4% in CC, & 0% in LC.

LC is safe, cost effective, and cosmetic, with short postoperative hospital-stay, and less perioperative morbidity and mortality.