Evaluation of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Aden General Hospital

Abstract EN

The current treatment procedure for symptomatic cholecystitis due to cholelithiasis is laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

The present study aimed to evaluate the laparoscopic cholecystectomy as a treatment of gallbladder stones over four- year period at Aden General Hospital.

From July 2002 to July 2006.

Data of 652 patients with gallbladder stones having laparoscopic cholecystectomy were obtained from hospital record.

77 % were women, 23 % were men.

6 % of laparoscopic cholecystectomies required conversion, and 7 % of patients suffered from postoperative wound infection.

Readmission rate was 2 %.

The results of this study indicate the importance of skill and experience in improving the intra- and postoperative results.