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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a small rural hospital in Kashmir Valley, India

Iqbal Saleem Mir MS   ^*    Mir Mohsin MS   ^*   Tafazul Majid MS   ^*   Khurshid Wani MS   ^*   Mehmood-ul-Hasan MD      Omar Kirmani MD      Javed Naqshbandi MD      Mohammed Maqbool MS   ^¶

^* Minimal Access Surgery Unit; Anaesthesia Unit, Government Gousia Hospital; Department of Radiology, SMHS Hospital, Srinagar; Anaesthesia Unit, District Hospital, Budgam; ^¶ District Hospital, Kupwara, Kashmir, India, 190010

Correspondence to: Dr Iqbal Saleem Mir, Minimal Access Surgery Unit, Government Gousia Hospital, Srinagar, Kashmir Email: iqbalsurg{at}yahoomail.com

This study evaluates the feasibility of performing laparoscopic cholecystectomy in order to reduce the expenditure in a 28-bed sub-district hospital in Kashmir, India. We report on a prospective clinical trail involving patients with gall bladder disease reported to the hospital from June 2005 till May 2007.

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