Article
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in young patients with sickle hemoglobinopathies.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Jan 1992
Ware R E, Kinney T R, Casey J R, Pappas T N, Meyers W C
Abstract excerpt
Nine young patients with sickle hemoglobinopathies successfully underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy; no complications resulted from the procedure. The mean postoperative hospital stay was 1.6 days. This technique appears to be a safe and efficacious procedure in children with sickle hemoglobinopathies who require cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis.
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Anemia, Sickle Cell
- Bile Ducts
- Blood Transfusion
- Child
- Cholecystectomy
- Cholelithiasis
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Hemoglobin SC Disease
- Hemoglobins
