Results of minilaparotomies in treatment of cholelithiasis in elderly and senile patients
Glushkov, N.I.; Skorodumov, A.V.; Gurina, A.V.
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 168(6): 72-75
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4625 PMID: 20209997 Document Number: 632665
The authors have analyzed results of surgical treatment of 79 patients with cholelithiasis using a mini-access. The method can be widely used in patients with high operative risk. It is minimally traumatic, has less lethality and a fewer number of early and late postoperative complications. It also considerably decreases stay of the patients at the hospital.