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Conditions
Brief summary
it is suggested that single incision cholecystectomy is safe and feasible alternative to conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy . we conducted this study prospectively in a randomized way to prove such benifits
Interventions
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
All patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis verified by abdominal ultrasonography, who were scheduled for elective cholecystectomy and were fit for general anaesthesia
Exclusion criteria
acute cholecystitis, abnormal liver function tests, those found to have a contracted or thickened gallbladder on the ultrasound examination, BMI above 35 kg/m2, whose American Society of Anesthesiologists classification above 3 and those with previous laparotomy