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- The study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and safety of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (LC) in Sudan, where challenges like poverty and health issues often hinder surgical practices.
- Between June 1995 and May 1999, 288 patients with symptomatic gallstone disease underwent LC, with a success rate of 94.81%, including cases of acute cholecystitis, and 29.35% were discharged on the same day.
- The findings confirm that LC is a safe and cost-effective procedure for managing gallstone disease in Sudan, with no reported deaths or serious complications.
Article Abstract
Objective: Poverty, pressing priorities and tropical diseases prevailed added to the factors that delay the implementation of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (LC). The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility and safety of LC in this country (Sudan).
Subjects And Methods: From June 1995-May 1999, we enrolled 288 patients presented with symptomatic gallstone disease without pre-selection criteria. 242 were females and 46 were males, mean age 48.1 years.
Results: LC was successful in 201 (94.81%) patients including 49 patients with acute cholecystitis. The operation was done the same day of admission and 60 (29.35%) were able to leave as a day case. There was no mortality and no common bile duct injury.
Conclusion: LC is feasible, safe and cost effective in Sudan.
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Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and safety of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (LC) in Sudan, where challenges like poverty and health issues often hinder surgical practices.
- Between June 1995 and May 1999, 288 patients with symptomatic gallstone disease underwent LC, with a success rate of 94.81%, including cases of acute cholecystitis, and 29.35% were discharged on the same day.
- The findings confirm that LC is a safe and cost-effective procedure for managing gallstone disease in Sudan, with no reported deaths or serious complications.
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