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Laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy in patients with acute cholecystitis

مجلة كلية الطب, 2014
Background: Using Laparoscopic approach, Cholecystectomy is made hazardous by distortion of the anatomy of Calot's triangle by acute or chronic inflammation and dense omental adhesions.
Tariq I. Al-aubaidi, Anwar A. Abid-AlKadhim, Khalid R. Sbahi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Challenging Management of Gallbladder Masses: A Case of Xanthogranulomatous Cholecystitis and Diffuse Biliary Hamartomatosis Mimicking Gallbladder Metastatic Cancer

Case Reports in Surgery, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Background Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC) is a rare form of chronic cholecystitis characterized by progressive fibrosis of the gallbladder wall. Its clinical, laboratory, and radiological features often mimic gallbladder carcinoma (GC), making preoperative diagnosis challenging.
Chiara D’Alterio, Stefania Brozzetti, Neetu Rawal   +2 more
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Shoeshine maneuver for cystic duct dissection: a simple technique to make Calot-triangle dissection smooth [PDF]

Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira
Purpose: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, introduced in 1985 by Prof. Dr. Erich Mühe, has become the gold standard for treating chronic symptomatic calculous cholecystopathy and acute cholecystitis, with an estimated 750,000 procedures performed annually in
Marcelo Augusto Fontenelle Ribeiro Junior, Roberto Rizzi, Sariya Khan, Maryam Makki, Shahin Mohseni   +4 more
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Bariatric Surgery With or Without Concomitant Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Morbidly Obese Patients With Gallbladder Stone Disease: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

Journal of Obesity, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Introduction Imagine a surgeon’s critical decision: Should the gallbladder be removed now, along with the planned bariatric surgery, or risk the complication and necessity of a second surgery later? This clinical dilemma is central to treating morbidly obese patients, who face a high prevalence of gallstone disease exacerbated by rapid postoperative ...
Mohamed Atteya Heikal, Ahmed Mohamed Reda Negm, Hosam Mohamed Elghadban, Mahmoud A. Aziz, Francesco Saverio Papadia   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The fractional chromatic number of triangle-free subcubic graphs [PDF]

, 2014
Heckman and Thomas conjectured that the fractional chromatic number of any triangle-free subcubic graph is at most 14 / 5. Improving on estimates of Hatami and Zhu and of Lu and Peng, we prove that the fractional chromatic number of any triangle-free ...
Král’, Daniel, Kaiser, Tomáš, Ferguson, David G. (Researcher in mathematics), Králʼ, Daniel, Kaiser, Thomáš, Ferguson, David G.   +5 more
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A prospective comparative study of the intraoperative difficulties during laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients taking homeopathic medications for cholelithiasis versus cholelithiasis patients with no history of homeopathic medication

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
Background: Gallstone disease is one of the most prevalent gastrointestinal diseases with a substantial burden to health-care systems. Patients present with right upper quadrant pain, dyspepsia, nausea or vomiting. Owing to the side effects of allopathic
Partha Pratim Mandal , Shivaji Mandal , Nikhil Agrawal , Debayan Chowdhury   +3 more
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Lessons Learned From Cholecystectomy for a Giant Gallstone

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Giant gallstones are a rare phenomenon that may pose technical challenges for surgeons. We describe the case of an 81‐year‐old female who presented to our regional health service with acute cholecystitis and a computed tomography (CT) scan demonstrating a possible porcelain gallbladder.
Shasha Haycock, Jordan Dewei Lee, Annie Jiao Wang, Khang Duy Ricky Le, Kristy Mansour, Bradley Bidwell   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

High insertion of cystic duct at the gallbladder fundus: An undescribed anomaly!

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2019
The anatomy of the biliary tree is complex, and its variations of both intra- and extra-hepatic bile ducts can be found in approximately 30% of the general population. These variations are not picked up on routine pre-operative investigations of patients
Gabriel Rodrigues, Shruti Rahul Pandit, Afroz Khan, Bharath Veerabharappa, Balaji Jayasankar, Rasagna Anaparti   +5 more
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Introducing Novel Surgical Clinical Correlations Into an Undergraduate Medical Anatomy Course

Clinical Anatomy, Volume 38, Issue 8, Page 852-860, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Anatomy education is a hallmark of many preclinical medical school curricula, but students are often unable to identify the clinical relevance of anatomy and its applications. Vertical curricula that integrate clinical concepts into the preclinical basic science years and vice versa have been shown to benefit student learning and increase ...
Liam McLoughlin, Theofano Zoumpou, George P. Holan, Bao‐Ngoc Nasri, Daniel B. Jones, Jeremy J. Grachan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Post‐Cholecystectomy Pancreatitis When Zero Means Lethal: Fulminant Post‐Cholecystectomy Pancreatitis Following a Benign Initial Ranson Score—A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 11, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Post‐cholecystectomy pancreatitis (PCP) represents a rare yet potentially lethal iatrogenic complication whose clinical management is frequently undermined by an insidious progression and the fallibility of traditional prognostic models. We present a compelling case of fulminant PCP in a 46‐year‐old female whose fatal trajectory powerfully ...
Fazeela Bibi, Amina Asad, Khalil Elabdi, F. N. U. Mainka, Abdul Quddoos Anwar, Bilal Aslam, Azwa Zubair, Qurat‐ul‐Ain Akram, Fatima Tirmzi, Said Hamid Sadat   +9 more
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