Feasibility of Minilaparoscopic Cholecystectomy. A pilot Study

Abstract

BACKGROUND:Cholecystectomy is the defacto standard operation for cholelithiasis and there are continuousattempts to do it through a less invasive incision known as mini laparoscopic cholecystectomy(MLC).OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and feasibility of MLC in our center.PATIENTS AND METHODS:This is a pilot study involving 6 selected patients for whom MLC was performed at Al-Jamhoryteaching hospital after acquiring the ethical committee permission and patients’ informed consent.RESULTS:The study includes six patients, their average age is 27 years and their average BMI is 28kgm2. Theaverage operative time is 53 minutes without intra-operative complications. The post-operative painis mild and the hospital stay is about 12 hours. All patients were satisfied with the cosmetic results.CONCLUSION:This study shows that MLC a safe and feasible procedure; it takes more time than LC but has mildpost-operative pain and excellent cosmetic results. It can also be done as a day case surgery.