Open AccessLaparoscopic cholecystectomy in cirrhotic patients: Feasibility in a developing country
Author(s) -
Mohammad Tayeb,
Muhammad Rizwan Khan,
Nazia Riaz
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.39620
Subject(s) - medicine , contraindication , cirrhosis , surgery , cholecystectomy , incidence (geometry) , gallstones , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , optics
Although laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has become the procedure of choice for cholelithiasis in the general population, many consider cirrhosis as a relative or absolute contraindication for laparoscopic surgery. The aim of this study was to confirm the safety of LC in cirrhotic patients in our set-up.