Table 1 Reports of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with a left ventricular assist device
Author(s) | Year | Number of cases | Diagnosis (number of cases) | LVAD type | Conversion | Postoperative complications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kartha et al. [3] | 2008 | 1 | Cholelithiasis | HeartMate II† | No | No |
Amir et al. [4] | 2012 | 1 | Cholecystitis and pancreatitis | HeartMate II† | No | No |
Naito et al. [5] | 2013 | 1 | Cholecystitis | DuraHeart‡ | No | No |
Ashfaq et al. [6] | 2016 | 4 | Cholecystitis (3), gallstone pancreatitis with symptomatic cholelithiasis (1) | HeartMate II† | No | 1 (acute kidney injury) |
Suresh et al. [7] | 2019 | 5 | Cholelithiasis (4), cholecystitis (1) | NA | No | 1 (abdominal wall hematoma) |
Vigneswaran et al. [8] | 2019 | 6 | Cholelithiasis (4), cholecystitis (1), gallstone pancreatitis (1) | HeartMate II† and HeartWare§ | No | No |
Our case | 2019 | 1 | Abdominal hemorrhage | Jarvik 2000 | No | No |