STUDY OF CHANGES IN COAGULATION PROFILE OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY USING CARBON DIOXIDE PNEUMOPERITONEUM
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 33
Abstract
BACKGROUND Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is now the gold standard procedure and with over 5,00,000 procedures being done annually, laparoscopic cholecystectomy assumes a great significance in general surgical specialty. This study aims to study the effects of carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum on the coagulation system of patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy and make the surgeon aware of the detrimental effects. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective clinical observational study of 50 patients selected by systematic sampling method from January 2015 to September 2015 at our institution was conducted to determine the results of changes in coagulation profile of patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy using carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum. RESULTS The mean prothrombin time of the patients before surgery is 11.83 seconds. The standard deviation was 1.008 and standard error of mean was 0.143. The mean of prothrombin time 6 hours after surgery was 11.7 seconds. The standard deviation was 0.898 and the standard error of mean being 0.127. The difference in the mean between the two groups was 0.130. The p-value was 0.0109 (<0.05). Hence, the value was statistically extremely significant. The values for D-dimer were analysed. The mean value of D-dimer before surgery is 129.78. The standard deviation was 21.01 and standard error of mean was at 2.97. In the D-dimer values after surgery, mean was calculated to be 350.22 with the standard deviation at 73.21 and standard error of mean at 10.35. CONCLUSION Our study concluded that there is activation of both coagulation and fibrinolytic systems post laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Authors and Affiliations
Vasuki Rajam, Kalpana Devi Agirimangalam Kathaperumal, Bharath Narayanaswami, Madan Kuppusamy
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