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THE IMPACT OF THE GALLBLADDER WALL THICKNESS ASSESSED BY SONOGRAPHY ON THE OUTCOME OF LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY [PDF]

Basrah Journal of Surgery, 2011
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy first became popular during the late 1980s and now the procedure is consider the standard approach for symptomatic cholecystolithiasis.
Ali Dawood Al-Hilfi, Mohammed H Al-Jawher, Safwan A Taha   +2 more
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Safe laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Adoption of universal culture of safety in cholecystectomy

World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2019
The incidence of biliary injury after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has shown a declining trend though it may still be twice that as with open cholecystectomy. Major biliary or vasculobiliary injury is associated with significant morbidity.
Vishal Gupta, G. Jain
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A three‐step conceptual roadmap for avoiding bile duct injury in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: an invited perspective review

Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences, 2019
Bile duct injuries are the most common serious complication of cholecystectomy. Avoidance of bile duct injury is a key aim of biliary surgery. The purpose of this paper is to describe laparoscopic cholecystectomy from the viewpoint of three conceptual ...
S. Strasberg
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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus percutaneous catheter drainage for acute cholecystitis in high risk patients (CHOCOLATE): multicentre randomised clinical trial

British medical journal, 2018
Objective To assess whether laparoscopic cholecystectomy is superior to percutaneous catheter drainage in high risk patients with acute calculous cholecystitis. Design Multicentre, randomised controlled, superiority trial.
C. Loozen, H. V. van Santvoort, P. van Duijvendijk, M. Besselink, D. Gouma, G. Nieuwenhuijzen, J. Kelder, S. Donkervoort, A. V. van Geloven, P. M. Kruyt, D. Roos, K. Kortram, V. Kornmann, A. Pronk, D. L. van der Peet, R. Crolla, B. van Ramshorst, T. Bollen, D. Boerma   +18 more
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Cholecystectomy in Sweden 2000 – 2003: a nationwide study on procedures, patient characteristics, and mortality

BMC Gastroenterology, 2007
Background Epidemiological data on characteristics of patients undergoing open or laparoscopic cholecystectomy are limited. In this register study we examined characteristics and mortality of patients who underwent cholecystectomy during hospital stay in
Stenlund Hans, Nordin Pär, Haapamäki Markku M, Rosenmüller Mats, Nilsson Erik   +4 more
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Outcomes of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in rural hospitals – A systematic review

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021
There are many studies on the laparoscopic cholecystectomy in rural hospitals. It is important to understand whether the advantages of the laparoscopic cholecystectomy are there in the rural hospital set up.
Abdul Razack Farook , Iyanar Kannan , Sony Paul   +2 more
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Relation between Gallbladder Wall Thickness, Assessed by Sonography, and Difficulties in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

مجلة كلية الطب, 2015
Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the standard treatment for symptomatic gallbladder disease. Preoperative prediction of a difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy can help the surgeon to prepare better for intraoperative risk and the risk of ...
Majeed H. Alamiri, Muthanna K . Adwan
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Intra-operative gallbladder scoring predicts conversion of laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy: a WSES prospective collaborative study

World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2019
IntroductionLaparoscopic cholecystectomy, the gold-standard approach for cholecystectomy, has surprisingly variable outcomes and conversion rates. Only recently has operative grading been reported to define disease severity and few have been validated ...
M. Sugrue, F. Coccolini, M. Bucholc, A. Johnston   +3 more
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Cholecystectomy: standard, mini, laparoscopic [PDF]

Kirkuk Journal of Science, 2014
Background: Cholecystitis and gallstone formations are the most common disorders affecting biliary system. Therapeutic removal of gall bladder had evolved from traditional open cholecystectomy to advanced minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery, in ...
Shabander T. Fathulla
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Outcome trends and safety measures after 30 years of laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a systematic review and pooled data analysis

Surgical Endoscopy, 2018
BackgroundLaparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures, remains associated with significant major morbidity including bile leak and bile duct injury (BDI).
P. Pucher, L. Brunt, N. Davies, Ali Linsk, Amani Munshi, H. A. Rodriguez, A. Fingerhut, R. Fanelli, H. Asbun, R. Aggarwal, on behalf of the Sages Safe Cholecystectomy Task Force   +10 more
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