“COMPLICACIONES TRANSOPERATORIAS Y POSTOPERATORIAS DE LA COLECISTECTOMÍA LAPAROSCÓPICA EN EL HOSPITAL LUIS VERNAZA DESDE ENERO 2014 A ENERO 2016”

Abstract

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the therapeutic gold standard for biliary lithiasis. However, the percentage of lesions of the biliary tract during the procedure continues to be equal to or higher than in open cholecystectomy. Objectives: The main objective of this study was to know the main comorbidities and complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the Luis Vernaza Hospital in the city of Guayaquil in the period from January 2014 to January 2016. Objectives: The main objective of this study was to know the main comorbidities and complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the Luis Vernaza Hospital in the city of Guayaquil in the period from January 2014 to January 2016. Materials and Methods: We performed a retrospective observational and descriptive study. Design of non-experimental research. The universe will be made up of all patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the Luis Vernaza Hospital from January 2014 to January 2016. It was not sampled since the entire study population was used. Data were taken from the patients' medical records, which were done during the indicated date, the data collection sheet was filled and then the results were tabulated. Results: A total of 2432 patients were studied, 987 men and 1445 women, of whom 80 had complications during the trans-surgical period and 111 presented complications during the postoperative period. Conclusions: The most frequent transoperative complication was hemorrhage. The most common postoperative complication was significant pain. The mortality rate for laparoscopic cholecystectomy was low. The most common comorbidity was hypertension.