Prem Chand, Rommel Singh, Bimaljot Singh, Rachan Lal Singla, Manish Yadav
AIM: The present study was conducted to see whether preoperative ultrasonography can be used as a predictor of difficult lapariscopic cholecystectomy or not. METHODS: 50 patients of cholelithiasis, selected from surgical OPD of Rajindra Hospital Patiala, who fulfilled all inclusion and exclusion criteria for the study underwent elective cholecystectomy. Ultrasonography was done pre-operatively on all cases in the same setup and with same probe and patients underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy in same setup...
July 2015: Nigerian Journal of Surgery: Official Publication of the Nigerian Surgical Research Society