Minilaparotomy cholecystectomy under local anaesthesia.

ABSTRACT

Thirty-eight patients, weighed 38-70 kilograms, underwent minilaparotomy cholecystectomy under local anesthesia. The male to female ration was 1523, and the age varied between 22-68 years. Average operative time was 43 minutes and hospital stay was 5 days. The success rate of this operation was 87%, 5 patients had been converted to use general anesthesia. Because of the smaller surgical wound, patients underwent such operative procedure had less postoperative pain, better recovery, shorter hospital stay and resumed to work much faster than those with conventional cholecystectomy. No procedure-related complication was found in this series.