The Surgical Outcome of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Gallbladder Torsion

Abstract

【Background】The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) for gallbladder torsion (GT). 【Patients and Methods】Between January 2011 and December 2017, 6 patients underwent LC for GT. During the same period, 157 patients underwent an emergency LC for acute cholecystitis (AC) following the Tokyo Guidelines, 2013. We evaluated the surgical outcome of LC for GT, compared with emergency LC for AC. 【Results】In the patients who underwent LC for GT, intraoperative time tended to be shorter, and intraoperative blood loss was almost the same. There was no case that required conversion to open cholecystectomy for GT. 【Conclusion】LC for GT is minimally invasive and has the same surgical outcome compared with the established LC for AC. LC for GT has therefore almost comparative utility when adapted for AC.