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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and appendectomy with sickle cell disease
A H Alaud-Din1, A E Hussein, M Haddad
1Surgical Services Division, Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization, Saudi Aramco-Dhahran Health Center, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy
|November 3, 1998
Abstract:
Thirty-six pediatric and adult patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), cholelithiasis, and repeated abdominal crises underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) and appendectomy with minimal complications. We prefer using LC to the open method for patients with SCD, and we propose adjustments to the positions of the four trocars to facilitate both procedures without adversely affecting the patient.