Conversion in laparoscopic cholecystectomy after gastric resection: a 15-year review
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Conversion in laparoscopic cholecystectomy after gastric resection: a 15-year review
Abstract
Background: Gastrectomy or truncal vagotomy is known to increase the incidence of cholelithiasis. Many of these patients will become symptomatic, and the adhesions from their gastric resection may make laparoscopic cholecystectomy much more difficult.
Methods: We prospectively assessed the data for the 15-year cumulative laparoscopic cholecystectomy experience of 1 surgeon at a university teaching hospital with respect to conversion and postoperative outcomes, with particular attention to patients having had previous gastric resections.
Results: Patients with previous gastrectomies had similar operative times (mean 81.1, range 45-120 min), a higher conversion rate (64.2%) and a higher complication rate (35.7%) than those who had had other previous upper abdominal surgeries (mean 73.2, range 35-130 min, conversion 25% and complication 11.3%) and those without previous abdominal surgeries (mean 66.5, range 25-250 min, conversion 2.7% and complication 4.5%).
Conclusion: Preoperative knowledge of the increased conversion rate and increased morbidity will inform surgical planning for both the surgeon and the patient.
Contexte: On sait que la gastrectomie ou la vagotomie tronculaire accroît l’incidence de la cholélithiase. Beaucoup de ces patients deviendront symptomatiques et des adhérences consécutives à leur résection gastrique rendent beaucoup plus difficile la cholécystectomie par laparoscopie.
Méthodes: Nous avons évalué de façon prospective les données tirées de l’expérience cumulative de 15 ans de cholécystectomies par laparoscopie acquise par un chirurgien à un hôpital d’enseignement universitaire en ce qui a trait à la conversion et aux résultats postopératoires, en accordant une attention particulière aux patients qui avaient subi auparavant une résection gastrique.
Résultats: Chez les patients qui avaient subi auparavant une gastrectomie, la durée de l’intervention (moyenne de 81,1, intervalle de 45 à 120 min.) était semblable, le taux de conversion, plus élevé (64,2 %) et le taux de complications, plus élevé (35,7 %) que chez ceux qui avaient subi d’autres interventions chirurgicales au haut de l’abdomen (moyenne de 73,2, intervalle de 35 à 130 min., taux de conversion de 25 % et taux de complication de 11,3 %) et chez ceux qui n’avaient pas subi d’intervention chirurgicale à l’abdomen (moyenne de 66,5, intervalle de 22 à 250 min., taux de conversion de 2,7 % et taux de complication de 4,5 %).
Conclusion: La connaissance préopératoire du taux de conversion plus élevé et de la morbidité plus élevée éclairera la planification de l’intervention chirurgicale à la fois pour le chirurgien et pour le patient.
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