Survey on Patients’ Awareness of the Single Port Laparoscopy for Cholecystectomy

Stephen Chang Kin Yong and Jeremy Lee Kay Hock

Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Department of Medicine and Health, University College of Cork, Ireland

^*Correspondance to: Jeremy Lee Kay Hock 

 PDF  Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.1828

Abstract

Introduction: Single-incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (SILC) is a relatively new procedure in the management of gall bladder disease, compared to Conventional Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (CLC). We aim to assess the awareness of SILC and its benefits, amongst patients who had undergone cholecystectomy.Materials and
Methods: We surveyed 54 patients who had undergone cholecystectomy through phone interviews (SILC=44/CLC=10).Results: 70% of the patients surveyed were unaware of SILC prior to their operation. Of the remaining patients who were aware of SILC prior to their operation, 24% attained SILC information by word of mouth, 4% from online sources and 2% from newspapers 83% of the patients believe that SILC is a less painful procedure as compared to CLC. 98% of the patients think that SILC is more beneficial cosmetically 50% of the patients expect that SILC would cost at least $4000 more than CLC 44% of the patients thought that SILC has been present in Singapore for at least 1-3 years. 100% of the patients would recommend SILC to other patients.Conclusion: The majority of surveyed patients were unaware of SILC prior to their operation. However, they believed that SILC is more beneficial cosmetically and with reduced post-operative pain as compared to CLC. All of them would recommend SILC to other patients.

Keywords

Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Gall bladder; Awareness of patients

Cite the article

Yong SCK, Hock JLK. Survey on Patients� Awareness of the Single Port Laparoscopy for Cholecystectomy. Clin Surg. 2017; 2: 1828.