Laparoscopic appendectomy and cholecystectomy during pregnancy: six case reports. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • BACKGROUND: Pregnancy was once considered a contraindication to laparoscopic cholecystectomy and appendectomy. The progression of laparoscopic techniques has resulted in a continued reassessment of laparoscopic procedures during pregnancy. There still exists some controversy as to the safety of laparoscopic procedures during pregnancy. This paper reviews our series of six pregnant patients treated laparoscopically for appendicitis and cholecystitis. METHODS: Charts were reviewed of all pregnant patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy or appendectomy at St Clare's Hospital Schenectady, New York between 1992 and 1996. Six patients were identified. Patients and obstetricians were contacted to investigate the results of the pregnancy. RESULTS: All patients and fetuses survived the procedure. Two patients delivered prematurely but remote from the operative procedure. All infants were healthy postpartum. One patient underwent an elective abortion as she had planned. The abortion was remote from the surgical procedure. CONCLUSION: Our series adds to the growing evidence that laparoscopic cholecystectomy and laparoscopic appendectomy can be performed safely during pregnancy.

publication date

  • January 1, 1998

Research

keywords

  • Appendectomy
  • Appendicitis
  • Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic
  • Cholecystitis
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
  • Pregnancy Outcome

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3015223

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0031598591

PubMed ID

  • 9876709

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 2

issue

  • 1