Laparoscopic cholecystectomy early experience

Our initial experience of laparoscopic cholecystectomy included 41 consecutive patients with gallstone disease. The procedure was successful in all except one patient. The mean operative time was 93.31 +/- 47 minutes, two patients only required opiate analgesia, mean hospital stay was 32.7 +/- 13.4 hours, morbidity rate was low. Patients returned to their usual activity after a mean of 7.07 +/- 2.67 days. Only one patient required post-operative blood transfusion

Laparoscopic nephrectomy

Thirty patients' benign symptomatic non-functioning kidneys were subjected to laparoscopic nephrectomy. The procedure is associated with igh success rate [90%], low morbidity rate, a brief convalescence and no mortality. Hospital stay ranged from 2 to 12 days with a mean of 2.5 days. One patient with a hydronephrotic ectopic kidney was included in the series. One major operative complication was due to iatrogenic colon perforation