Volume : VI, Issue : IV, April - 2017
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF USE OF MONOPOLAR ELECTROCAUTERY VERSUS HARMONIC SCALPEL IN LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY
T Durganna, Shylesh M P, Sujith
Abstract :
Background-Harmonic scalpel (HS) has been suggested as an alternative to monopolar electrocautery (EC) in laparoscopic cholecystectomy because it inflicts less tissue damage and may have a lower incidence of gallbladder perforation.
Aims and objectives-
To compare the use of EC and HS in laparoscopic cholecystectomy by the following factors- Duration of surgery, Gall bladder perforation, Bile leak, Stone spillage.
Methods-
Patients with symptomatic gall stone disease were randomly assigned to electrocautery dissection (ECD) or harmonic scalpel dissection (HSD). The groups were comparable with respect to demographic characteristics, symptomatology, previous abdominal surgeries, comorbidities, preoperative ultrasonography findings and intraoperative complications. Both groups were compared for incidence of gallbladder perforation during dissection, bile leak, stone spillage and duration of surgery.
Results- Out of 60 patients, the overall incidence of gallbladder perforation was 28.3%( 40% in the electrocautery vs 16.7% in the harmonic dissection group, p=0.045). Bile leak occurred in 40.0% of patients in the electrocautery group and 16.7% of patients in the harmonic dissection group (p=0.045). And duration of surgery (p=0.001) was longer in the ECD than the HSD group. There were no statistical difference in stone spillage between the groups (p=0.62).
Conclusion- HSD is safe and effective, and it improves the operative course if laparoscopic cholecystectomy by reducing the incidence of gallbladder perforation and duration of surgery.
Keywords :
laparoscopic cholecystectomy harmonics monopolar electrocautery HSD- harmonic scalpel dissection ECD- electrocautery
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T Durganna, Shylesh M P, Sujith, COMPARATIVE STUDY OF USE OF MONOPOLAR ELECTROCAUTERY VERSUS HARMONIC SCALPEL IN LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-6, Issue-4, April‾2017
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T Durganna, Shylesh M P, Sujith, COMPARATIVE STUDY OF USE OF MONOPOLAR ELECTROCAUTERY VERSUS HARMONIC SCALPEL IN LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-6, Issue-4, April‾2017