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[Advantages of the laser in laparoscopic cholecystectomy]
R Hoffmann1, W Zimmerli, N Vranjes
1Zentrum für Gastroenterologie und Viszeralchirurgie, Klinik Im Schachen, Aarau.
Langenbecks Archiv Fur Chirurgie. Supplement. Kongressband. Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Chirurgie. Kongress
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
Use of the holmium and Nd:YAG laser is clearly advantageous in laparoscopic cholecystectomy, i.e., less perforation of the gallbladder when compared to the use of the hook electrode, shorter intervention time and less postoperative pain. Laser-operated patients can therefore be discharged 1.5 days earlier than those patients in whom cholecystectomy had been performed using electrocautery.