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№2' 2004
SURGERYInternational Medical Journal, Vol. 10., Iss. 2, 2004, P. 86−89.
LOW INVASIVE INTERVENTIONS IN SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR CHOLELITHIASIS IN ELDERLY AND OLD PATIENTS
Kharkiv Medical Academy of Post−graduate Education, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Comparative analysis of immediate results of treatment of cholelithiasis and its complications in 894 patients of different age at open and low−invasion interventions is given. The author concludes about high efficacy and low risk of complications of these interventions in cholecystitis and duct pathology in elderly and old patients when compared with open interventions and the prospects of controlled pneumoperitoneum and lifting techniques.