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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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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 +2 more
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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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Surgical Clinics of North America, 1990 Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a combined endoscopic-operative technique for removing the gallbladder. Patients with symptomatic gallstones are eligible for this procedure. Contraindications include pregnancy, acute cholangitis, advanced cholecystitis, acute pancreatitis, peritonitis, significant bleeding disorder, portal hypertension, and a prior ...
T R, Gadacz +3 more
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Subtotal Cholecystectomy [PDF]
HPB Surgery, 1996 Subtotal cholecystectomy has been carried out in 34 patients from 1972 to 1992. In the same period 1620 total cholecystectomies were performed. The indications were severe inflammation and/or severe fibrosis in 31 patients, and Mirizzi syndrome type in 3 patients. The morbidity was insignificant, but one patient died, due to severe sepsis. In follow up
Katsohis, C. +6 more
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Spontaneous cholecystectomy [PDF]
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1974 Summary A young female, who presented with acute appendicitis and peritonitis, is described. Following laparotomy she developed a series of intraperitoneal abscesses. After drainage of a subphrenic abscess a necrosed gallbladder was discharged several days later through the drainage wound in the abdominal wall.
J C, McGregor, D J, Sammon
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Journal of British Surgery, 1991 Abstract Subtotal cholecystectomy has been carried out on 11 patients during a 5-year period, constituting 3.8 per cent of cholecystectomies performed during this time. The indications were severe inflammation/fibrosis in six patients, portal hypertension in three and the Mirizzi syndrome in two patients.
D J, Cottier, C, McKay, J R, Anderson
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Single-Port Laparascopic Cholecystectomy: Scarless Cholecystectomy [PDF]
Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2012 Objective. Single-incision laparoscopic surgery is a new advanced technology to further minimize the invasiveness of laparoscopy through a single small incision hidden in the umbilicus. The objective is to describe short and long-term outcomes of SILS cholecystectomy.Methodology.
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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy [PDF]
JAMA, 2018 Stephanie S, Kim, Timothy R, Donahue
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