Maciej Sebastian1, Agata Sebastian2, Jerzy Rudnicki3. 1. Department of General, Minimally Invasive and Endocrine Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska Street 213, Wrocław, Poland. mseba@op.pl. 2. Department of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska Street 213, Wrocław, Poland. 3. Department of General, Minimally Invasive and Endocrine Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska Street 213, Wrocław, Poland.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Bile duct injury and vasculobiliary injury are possible complications during laparoscopic cholecystectomy which can lead to increased morbidity, mortality, costs of hospitalization and litigation. Proper documentation of the critical view of safety and safe plane of dissection may play a crucial role for archivization, teaching and medicolegal purposes. METHODS: The study group consisted of 100 patients with symptomatic cholecystolithiasis qualified for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The critical view of safety was documented on two photographs and safe plain of dissection obtained with laparoscopic ultrasound was documented on one photograph as well as the whole procedure was recorded. The photographs were printed in the operating theatre and videos were stored on an external hard drive. RESULTS: The mean time to obtain and analyse photographs was significantly shorter than video, and the size of the stored data was significantly smaller for photographs than videos. The cost of one documentation procedure was significantly lower for video than photographs. Critical view of safety was obtained in 91 patients, and laparoscopic ultrasound was successful in 99 patients. The conversion rate was 2%, and fundus-first cholecystectomies were performed in 6% of patients. We did not observe any biliary and vascular complications. CONCLUSIONS: Photographic documentation of the critical view of safety and safe plane of dissection should be an inherent part of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Our proposal of documentation prepared in the operating theatre and stored in the patient's documentation is an example of an easy, fast and cheap method of data archivization.
BACKGROUND:Bile duct injury and vasculobiliary injury are possible complications during laparoscopic cholecystectomy which can lead to increased morbidity, mortality, costs of hospitalization and litigation. Proper documentation of the critical view of safety and safe plane of dissection may play a crucial role for archivization, teaching and medicolegal purposes. METHODS: The study group consisted of 100 patients with symptomatic cholecystolithiasis qualified for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The critical view of safety was documented on two photographs and safe plain of dissection obtained with laparoscopic ultrasound was documented on one photograph as well as the whole procedure was recorded. The photographs were printed in the operating theatre and videos were stored on an external hard drive. RESULTS: The mean time to obtain and analyse photographs was significantly shorter than video, and the size of the stored data was significantly smaller for photographs than videos. The cost of one documentation procedure was significantly lower for video than photographs. Critical view of safety was obtained in 91 patients, and laparoscopic ultrasound was successful in 99 patients. The conversion rate was 2%, and fundus-first cholecystectomies were performed in 6% of patients. We did not observe any biliary and vascular complications. CONCLUSIONS: Photographic documentation of the critical view of safety and safe plane of dissection should be an inherent part of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Our proposal of documentation prepared in the operating theatre and stored in the patient's documentation is an example of an easy, fast and cheap method of data archivization.
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