A retrospective study was conducted on 118 patients (45 males and 73 females, mean age of 56.6) had their laparoscopic holecystectomy removed at the General Viet Tiep Hospital from Jan 2002-Dec 2004. The results as followed: cholelithiasis accounted for 96.6%, in which 76.3% were single cholelithiasis with symptoms; acute stone cholecystitis 17.8% and atrophic cholecystitis 2.5%. The rate of general complication in surgery was 20.3%, except for three open surgery cases; most of cases with complications was treated during surgery. The average time of surgery was 46.8 minutes, the average hospitalization time after surgery was 4.8 days. The rate of complication was 5.2% and there is no deaths. The laparoscopic cholecystectomy has more advantages than classical open cholecystectomy: safety, short of surgery time, quick recovery, less complications, and good aestheticism. Because of these advantages, the surgery can replace for the classical surgery, it is an ideal method in treating cholelithiasis, grall-bladder polyp, acute or chronic cholelithiasis.
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic ; Surgery ; Cholelithiasis