Awake laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A case report and review of literature

Table 1 Patients submitted to awake laparoscopic cholecystectomy reported in the literature

Country	Ref.	Year of publication	Number of patients	Main indications
Pennsylvania (United States)	Costantino et al[30]	1994	1	Pregnancy
Florida (United States)	Edelman[31]	1994	1	Pregnancy
England	Pursnani et al[15]	1998	6	ASA grade III/IV, FEV1/FVC 0.52 due to asthma and COPD
Argentina	Gramatica et al[21]	2002	29	Pulmonary disease
Egypt	Hamad and El-Khattary[28]	2003	9	Non-selectively
Netherlands	van Zundert et al[32]	2007	20	ASA grade I/II
Turkey	Yuksek et al[23]	2008	26	ASA grade I/II
Greece	Tzovaras et al[33]	2006	50	ASA grade I/II
India	Sinha et al[16]	2009	3492	SA as first choice
Pakistan	Turkstani et al[26]	2009	25	ASA grade I/II
Korea	Lee et al[27]	2010	11	ASA grade I/II
India	Mehta et al[17]	2010	30	Randomly, healthy, ASA grade I/II
India	Kar et al[18]	2011	291	Non-selectively
Egypt	Bessa et al[29]	2012	86	Randomily
India	Tiwari et al[19]	2013	110	Randomily, ASA grade I/II/III
India	Kalaivani et al[20]	2014	23	Randomily, ASA grade I/II
India	Hajong et al[13]	2014	18	ASA grade I/II
Brasil	Imbelloni[22]	2014	369	SA as first option
Turkey	Bilgi et al[24]	2015	96	Non-selectively
Turkey	Donmez et al[25]	2017	24	Randomily
Total			4717

ASA: American Society of Anaesthesiologists physical status classification; FEV1: Forced expiratory volume in 1 second; FVC: Forced vital capacity; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.