Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: some advantages or just an artifice of new technology?

Penninckx F, F Penninckx, Aerts R, R Aerts, Kerremans R, R Kerremans, P R Koninckx, Koninckx PR
HPB surgery : a world journal of hepatic, pancreatic and biliary surgery · 1991 · vol. 3(4) , pp. 291–4; discussion 294-5 · doi:10.1155/1991/67569 · PMID:1830488 · PMC2423608
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A prospective randomized study of twelve patients found that laparoscopic cholecystectomy reduces surgical trauma, limits weight loss, and shortens hospital stay compared to classic surgery.

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Twelve selected patients undergoing cholecystectomy were operated in a prospective randomised study by laparoscopy (CO2 laser) or by classic surgery. Our preliminary results suggest that laparoscopic cholecystectomy is of clinical benefit as compared to classic cholecystectomy since it reduces the surgical trauma, limiting weight loss and shortening the hospital stay.

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Cholecystectomy Laparoscopy Adult Cholecystectomy Cholelithiasis Cholelithiasis Evaluation Studies as Topic Female Humans Length of Stay Middle Aged Weight Loss

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