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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy. [PDF]

BMJ, 1992
Abstract After laparoscopic cholecystectomy, the patient can expect a hospital stay of < 2 days and a return to work within 2 weeks. The associated operative mortality rate is low at < 0.2 per cent. The increased incidence of bile duct injury with the laparoscopic technique compared with open cholecystectomy is a cause for ...
I M, Macintyre, R G, Wilson
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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Current Problems in Surgery, 1991
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a newly developed technique for removing the gallbladder. Its future is very promising and this operation will probably become the preferred method of cholecystectomy for most patients. However, the limitations of laparoscopic cholecystectomy should be realized and great care must be taken to avoid technical ...
S M, Strasberg, P A, Clavien, J R, Sanabria   +2 more
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Is the frequency of simultaneous umbilical hernia repairs in laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy similar? [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Investigative Surgery, 2021
The aim of this study was to compare the frequency of umbilical hernia repair during open and laparoscopic cholecystectomies. Consecutive patients who underwent laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy between January 1993 and June 2005 were retrospectively
Erdal Uysal, Türkay Kırdak, Pınar Sarkut, Ekrem Kaya, Nusret Korun   +4 more
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Open Cholecystectomy among Patients undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2022
Introduction: In the current era, laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the treatment of choice for symptomatic gallstone disease. The aim of this study is to find out the prevalence of open cholecystectomy among patients undergoing laparoscopic ...
Gaurav Katwal, Yeshika Thapa, Aisha Shrestha, Abhishek Bhattarai, Kishor Kumar Tamrakar, Harish Chandra Neupane   +5 more
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Endoscopic plastic stent therapy for bile leaks following total vs subtotal cholecystectomy

Endoscopy International Open, 2020
Background and study aims Plastic biliary stents are standard therapy for treatment of post-cholecystectomy bile leaks. An increasing proportion of patients now undergo subtotal cholecystectomy and are at perceived risk for high-grade bile leak. Data are
Patrick Yachimski, Jordan K. Orr, Anthony Gamboa   +2 more
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Timing of early laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute calculous cholecystitis: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2021
Background Early cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis has proved to reduce hospital length of stay but with no benefit in morbidity when compared to delayed surgery. However, in the literature, early timing refers to cholecystectomy performed up to 96
Giuseppe Borzellino, Safi Khuri, Michele Pisano, Subhi Mansour, Niccolò Allievi, Luca Ansaloni, Yoram Kluger   +6 more
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Cholecystectomy is associated with higher risk of recurrence after microwave ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma: a propensity score matching analysis

Cancer Biology & Medicine, 2020
Objective: To explore the association between cholecystectomy and the prognostic outcomes of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who underwent microwave ablation (MWA).
Hongcai Yang, Yi Yang, Jianping Dou, Rui Cui, Zhigang Cheng, Zhiyu Han, Fangyi Liu, Xiaoling Yu, Xiang Zhou, Jie Yu, Ping Liang   +10 more
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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Pediatric Annals, 1993
Historically, cholelithiasis in children was thought to develop secondary to hemolytic disease. Within the past 20 years, however, its incidence in children without hemolysis is being diagnosed more frequently. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the procedure of choice for gallbladder removal in children.
A, Sharma, R J, Foley
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EARLY VERSUS DELAYED LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY IN ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS [PDF]

Basrah Journal of Surgery, 2013
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is performed rather commonly by general surgeons for symptomatic gall stones. This study is an analysis of experience for the timing of laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis performed in Basrah, Iraq, by one ...
Saad Abdulwahab Jaffer, Zaki Alfadagh, Mansoor Ameen Mohammed, Hamed Abed-Alnabi Flaifel, Hussein Abbas Muhalhil, Faiz Abdulwahid Alwaeely, Salah Zuhair Al-Asadi, Nawfal Ali Mubark, Ihsan S Sahi, Mukhallad A Ramadhan, Sadiq U Khadim, TALIB A AHMED, RIYADH J FAKHRULDEEN, Salam N Asfar, Jasim M Salman, American Board, FRCS, Nevada, T. A. Hamdan, FRCP   +19 more
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of gallstone disease treatment outcomes in early cholecystectomy versus conservative management/delayed cholecystectomy

BMJ Open Gastroenterology, 2021
Background The effectiveness of early cholecystectomy for gallstone diseases treatment is uncertain compared with conservative management/delayed cholecystectomy.Aims To synthesise treatment outcomes of early cholecystectomy versus conservative ...
Bhavani Shankara Bagepally, Madhumitha Haridoss, Akhil Sasidharan, Kayala Venkata Jagadeesh, Nikhil Kumar Oswal   +4 more
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