HOW I DO IT / HOW I DID IT SURGICAL PROCEDURES

 

CHOLECYSTECTOMY

 

§      Patient supine under SAB

§      Asepsis- Antisepsis

§      Sterile drapes placed

§      Right Kocher  incision done on the skin carried and down to the subcutaneous tissue

§      Rectus sheath cut and opened

§      Rectus abdominal muscle divided with electrocautery

§      Posterior rectus sheath picked up and cut

§      Peritoneum identified cut and entered

§      Pass a hand over the right lobe of the liver and pulled it down

§      Palpated gallbladder, confirming the presence of stones

§      Intra op findings noted

§      Gallbladder is grasp with forceps and retracted laterally

§      Put a finger into the foramen of Winslow and palpate the common bile duct for stones and the head of the pancreas for any mass

§      Sharp and blunt dissection on the peritoneum overlying the Calot’s triangle done

§      Cystic artery identified, clamped and suture ligated.

§      Cut the peritoneum overlying the fundus of the gallbladder and identify the blue submucosal space

§      Dissection of  the gallbladder from the liver bed carried down to peritoneal reflection overlying the Calot’s triangle

§      Identify the common bile duct/cystic duct junction

§      Cystic duct identified, clamped, and suture ligated proximally and distally

§      Gallbladder removed

§      Hemostasis done

§      Peritoneal toilette done

§      Layer by layer closure

©      Peritoneum closed by continuos interlocking sutures using Vicryl-0

©      Fascia closed by continous interlocking sutures using Vicryl-0

©      Subcutaneous  closed by Inverted T sutures using Chromic 2-0

©      Skin closed subcuticularly using vicryl 4-0.

§      Dry Sterile Dressing  applied

§      Patient tolerated the procedure well

§      Post-op condition- stable