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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in young patients with sickle hemoglobinopathies
R E Ware1, T R Kinney, J R Casey
1Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
The Journal of Pediatrics
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
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.