S K Saha1. 1. Department Of Surgery, West Wales Hospital, Carmarthen, Dyfed, United Kingdom.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In laparoscopic cholecystectomy, bile leak from the cystic duct stump is a recognised postoperative complication. This could be due to dislodgement of the metal clips. Migration of the clip is an added problem. METHODS: Since 1995, 70 patients were included in the study of intracorporeal cystic duct ligation in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Construction of a ligature is a single handed procedure using a free end of the thread. It is quite different from the other two methods described in the literature. RESULTS: There was not a single case of postoperative morbidity in these patients, but in a retrospective study, postoperative biliary dyspepsia with fatty food was evident in a few patients among those cases in which the liga-clips were applied to the cystic duct. CONCLUSION: The cystic duct ligation with absorbable thread should be a gold standard in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. It reduces the risk of postoperative morbidity.
BACKGROUND: In laparoscopic cholecystectomy, bile leak from the cystic duct stump is a recognised postoperative complication. This could be due to dislodgement of the metal clips. Migration of the clip is an added problem. METHODS: Since 1995, 70 patients were included in the study of intracorporeal cystic duct ligation in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Construction of a ligature is a single handed procedure using a free end of the thread. It is quite different from the other two methods described in the literature. RESULTS: There was not a single case of postoperative morbidity in these patients, but in a retrospective study, postoperative biliary dyspepsia with fatty food was evident in a few patients among those cases in which the liga-clips were applied to the cystic duct. CONCLUSION: The cystic duct ligation with absorbable thread should be a gold standard in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. It reduces the risk of postoperative morbidity.
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