The surgery for gallstone in the elderly.
- Author:
Thinh Cuong Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
gallstone
- MeSH:
Gallstones;
Surgery;
aged
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2001;395(3):28-30
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
In a consecutive series of 860 patients undergoing surgery for gallstones, 214 patients (24.9%) were aged over 65 years, of whom 93 (43.5%) were males and 121 (56.5%) were female. Choledochotomy and removes stones with T tube drainge: 54 (25%), choledochotomy and removed stones with cholecystectomy: 34 (15.9%), open cholecystectomy: 40 (18.7%), laparoscopic cholecystomy; 42 (19.6%), cholecystostomy: 12 (5.6%), open biliary surgery with other surgery: 32 (15%). Laparoscopic cholecystectomy offers advantages over the open technique by reducing wound infections as well as the other complications; a shorter hospital stay, a rapid return to full activities.
