Laparoscopic surgery performed at Hue Central Hospital: evaluation on 1161 cases
- Author:
Pham Nhu Hiep
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Laparoscopy
- MeSH:
Laparoscopy;
Surgery
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2005;510(4):44-47
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Study on 1161 cases of laparoscopic surgeries at Hue Central Hospital from 1999 to September 2004. Results: laparoscopic surgery was applied, developed and expanded effectively, safely, and economically, etc in many kinds of diseases, with 23 kinds of surgeries were applied for 1139 patients in 5 years. The rate of complications was low (1.75%), with the most severe complication was gallbladder lesion (0.34%), bleeding (0.43%). The rate of laparotomy conversion was 2.15%, mainly due to technical conversions rather than complications. Death rate was 0.09% in cholecystectomy. Laparoscopic surgery is performed in nephrectomy, colectomy, or in the treating of rectal prolapse or genital prolapse, etc, and contributed to break through the new fields of modern surgery.
