Abstract
We retrospectively evaluated the results of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with and without acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
One thousand one hundred twenty-seven consecutive patients underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy by our surgical group. Eighteen of these patients were known to be infected with the HIV virus; 6 were asymptomatic and 12 had AIDS. We reviewed the medical records of all HIV-positive individuals with regard to morbidity, mortality, and postoperative outcome following laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
In the six HIV-patients without AIDS, five (83%) had improvement of symptoms postoperatively. There was one minor complication (17%). In contrast, only one of the 12 patients with AIDS had postoperative improvement of symptoms and eight (66%) had complications after surgery. There were four deaths (33%) within 30 days of surgery in this group.
Only a small percentage of AIDS patients benefit from laparoscopic cholecystectomy. There is a significantly morbidity and mortality following this procedure in this group. Strategies to improve outcome are presented.
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Carroll, B.J., Rosenthal, R.J., Phillips, E.H. et al. Complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in HIV and AIDS patients. Surg Endosc 9, 874–878 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00768881
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