Abstract
Materials and methods We performed a retrospective study from 1998 until 2007 for two groups of patients. The first group is composed by 110 patients underwent to laparoscopic cholecystectomy (group A) and the second group composed by 60 patients underwent to traditional laparotomy (group B). Both groups were compared for the duration of surgical procedures, for intra-operative and post-operative complications and for post-operative pain.
Highlights
The role of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in geriatric population is not yet well defined
XI Annual Meeting of The Italian Society of Geriatric Surgery Francesco Sciannameo, Giammario Giustozzi and Beatrice Sensi Publication of this supplement was made possible with support from the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Terni e Narni Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2318-9-S1
There is a reduction of infections, hospital stay and post-operative pain
Summary
The role of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in geriatric population is not yet well defined. Diego Milani*, Ioanna Galanou, Claudia Conti, Stefano Trastulli, Micole Sole Di Patrizi, Roberto Cirocchi, Giammario Giustozzi and Address: Department of General and Emergency Surgery, S. Maria Hospital, Terni and University of Perugia, Terni, Italy * Corresponding author from XXI Annual Meeting of The Italian Society of Geriatric Surgery Terni, Italy.
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