Laparoscopic versus open cholecystectomy: Effect on pulmonary function tests

COŞKUN İ., Hatipoglu A. R., Topaloglu A., YÖRÜK Y., Yalcinkaya S., Caglar T.

Hepato-Gastroenterology, cilt.47, sa.32, ss.341-342, 2000 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 47 Sayı: 32
  • Basım Tarihi: 2000
  • Dergi Adı: Hepato-Gastroenterology
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.341-342
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Open cholecystectomy, Pulmonary function tests
  • Trakya Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background/Aims: Operations often cause impairment in respiration due to pain. This study was to compare the changes in pulmonary function tests after open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Methodology: Two groups of 35 patients were randomly set up. Each patient had 3 pulmonary function tests performed and 2 postero-anterior grid chest roentgenograms taken. All of these data were evaluated by the same group of investigators. Results: After taking into consideration the difference between pulmonary function tests, values were not significant (P ≤ 0.05). All pulmonary function test values decreased significantly on the 1st postoperative day (P ≤ 0.05). When postero-anterior chest roentgenograms were compared no clinically evident atelectasis except 3 lineary was seen in the laparoscopic cholecystectomy group, whereas 5 lineary, 7 focal, and 3 segmentary atelectasia were encountered in the open cholecystectomy group (P ≤ 0.05). Conclusions: We believe that laparoscopic cholecystectomy has more advantages when speaking of postoperative pulmonary function tests and atelectasia.