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Experience of 10,046 laparoscopic cholecystectomies is analyzed. The were 8097 female and 1949 male patients aged 13 to 93 years. Complicated cholelithiasis was seen at 4310 (42.9%) patients including 792 patients with acute inflammation of gallbladder, 2375--with chronic empyema, 1143--with gallbladder hydrops. Choledocholithiasis was diagnosed at 502 patients, Mirizzi syndrome--at 8, biliodigestive fistulas--at 12, cancer of gall bladder--at 5 patients. Mini-invasive endoscopic methods were used at all the patients, conversion to open surgery was necessary at 23 cases. Average time of surgery was 20-35 min, hospital stay--1-6 days. Intra- and postoperative complications were diagnosed at 86 patients among the first 3000 procedures. Among successive 7000 operations (after development of prophylactic complex) there were only 3 cases of trocar puncture infection. There were 2 cases of lethal outcome due to pulmonary embolism and pancreonecrosis.
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PMID:[Endovideosurgical methods at the treatment of patients with cholelithiasis]. 1782 35