TY - JOUR ID - 73615 TI - EARLY VERSUS DELAYED LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY IN ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS JO - Basrah Journal of Surgery JA - BSURG LA - en SN - 1683-3589 AU - Abdulwahab Jaffer, Saad AU - Alfadagh, Zaki AU - Ameen Mohammed, Mansoor AU - Abed-Alnabi Flaifel, Hamed AU - Abbas Muhalhil, Hussein AU - Abdulwahid Alwaeely, Faiz AU - Zuhair Al-Asadi, Salah AU - Ali Mubark, Nawfal AU - S Sahi, Ihsan AU - A Ramadhan, Mukhallad AU - U Khadim, Sadiq AU - A AHMED, TALIB AU - J FAKHRULDEEN, RIYADH AU - N Asfar, Salam AU - M Salman, Jasim AU - Board, American AU - FRCS, AU - Nevada, AU - A. Hamdan, T. AU - FRCP, AD - Y1 - 2013 PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 1 SP - 30 EP - 34 DO - 10.33762/bsurg.2013.73615 N2 - Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is performed rather commonly by general surgeons for symptomatic gall stones. This study is an analysis of experience for the timing of laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis performed in Basrah, Iraq, by one surgeon. This study aimed to know the difference between early and delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis with respect to the hospital stay, conversion rate, and major complications rate. Data were collected from the medical records of patients with acute cholecystitis admitted to the surgical wards during (June 2009 to September 2011). Patients were divided into 2 groups on the basis of treatment received. Length of hospital stay, major complications, and conversion rates were analyzed. Ninety seven patients with acute cholecystitis underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Thirty nine patients (40.2%) treated with early laparoscopic cholecystectomy, fifty eight patients (59.8%) treated with delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Length of stay was significantly shorter in the early laparoscopic cholecystectomy group compared with the delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy group (P Keywords UR - https://bjsrg.uobasrah.edu.iq/article_73615.html L1 - https://bjsrg.uobasrah.edu.iq/article_73615_b419200ff33468f4306320934ebdb37f.pdf ER -