Colecistectomía videolaparoscópica en ancianos para prevenir la urgencia

introduction: with the increasing life expectancy, the figure of elderlies needing be operated on due to gall bladder affections es higher. in this entity, the emergency surgery with the high rate of morbility and mortality only is prevented if they are operated on in elective way. objective: to assess the results of the videolaparoscopy cholecystectomy in patients aged 60 or more to prevent the emergency. methods: a cross-sectional, descriptive and prospective study was conducted in all third age patients who underwent videolaparoscopy cholecystectomy from february 2005 to february, 2010. the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative variables were analyzed. the classification or the american society of anesthesiologist was used for the anesthetic preoperative assessment. results: from a total of 919 elective videolaparoscopy cholesystectomies carried out during the above mentioned period, 362 were carried out in patients aged over 60 (39.4 %), the mean age was 69 years, the more frequent finding was the vesicular lithiasis (83.5 %) and disease associated with the high blood pressure (47 %). the 81.7 % was classified das asa ii. a conversion was performed in the 1.1 % of cases, the rate of complications was of 2.2 %. there was not sepsis only in a deceased patient. conclusions: the videolaparoscopy cholescystectomy is safe in elderlies whenever the appropriate assessment of risks be made, thus avoiding the complications of the vesicular lithiasis with the consequent increase of the morbility and mortality.