EARLY LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

To assess the clinical out come of laparoscopic Cholecystectomyfor management of acute cholecystitis and to evaluate its safety, frequency of complications. Design: Observationalstudy. Setting: Surgical Units II and III Of Chandka Medical College Hospital Larkana.. Period: From 01.09.2003 upto 31.12.2007 Patients & Methods: A total of 100 consecutive cases of, acute cholecystitis confirmed subsequentlyby abdominal ultrasound scanning, who were admitted for early laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Results: There wasfemale preponderance with male to Female ratio of 1:4.5. Mean age was 45.75, SD 11.99, and most of patients werereceived with in 24 hours from the onset of symptoms. In 51 patients ultrasound reveals Edematous GB in 24(24%),Empyma 8(8%), Contracted 10(10%), Perforated 5(5%) and Gangrenous GB in 4(4%) while 49(49%) have acutecholecystitis with cholelithiasis. The conversion rate was 6%; The minimum time taken during the procedure was 50minutes. No mortality was reported in this series. Conclusion: Emergency / early cholecystectomy is reliable and safemodality cost effective, and timely surgery with modern conception in themanagement of acute cholecysttitis, becauseof accelerated recovery, negligible wound infection or related complication, and less postoperative pain. So Lap Choleshould be preferred technique now days for the treatment of acute cholecystitis at our Institute.