THE TRENDS OF GALLSTONE SURGICAL TREATMENT IN SAUDI ARABIAN PROVINCE: IS THE LOCAL PRACTICE UP TO DATE?

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Gallstone disease continues to be one of the leading problems in modern gastroenterology and in majority of cases requiring surgical management. This pathology has large impact on Saudi Arabian population and its Health system. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become a procedure of choice in current management of acute and chronic cholecystitis. The aim of this surgical audit based study was to analyze current management outcome in selected group of patients, who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy procedure in Saudi Arabian province of Al Kharj with relatively large local population. The multiple factors including patient’s demographic characteristics, modality and results of investigations, as well as, surgical outcome were analyzed and compared. This study demonstrated satisfactory surgical outcomes in gallstone management in the Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University affiliated hospital, which demonstrated low complications rate and cost effectiveness.

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[Anthony Morgan, Mohammed K Alelwan, NaifAlqahani, Ahmed Alqahtani, HumaidanAlmalki, Abdullah Alshaalan and Sultan Almutrafi. (2017); THE TRENDS OF GALLSTONE SURGICAL TREATMENT IN SAUDI ARABIAN PROVINCE: IS THE LOCAL PRACTICE UP TO DATE? Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jan). 1948-1953] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/2964      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/2964

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