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Older Patients' Recall of Goals of Care Discussions Following Emergency Abdominal Surgery

open access: yesANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Older patients undergoing emergency laparotomy are overrepresented and are at risk of poor postoperative outcomes that may not align with their goals. Goals of care (GOC) documentation remains low in older emergency laparotomy patients.
Julia Silverii   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

CONVERSION OF LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY TO OPEN CHOLECYSTECTOMY: PREOPERATIVE RISK FACTORS AND INTRAOPERATIVE REASONS

open access: yesPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2020
Objective: To identify the frequency, associated risk factors and intraoperative reasons for conversion of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy to open Cholecystectomy. Study Design: Case series study.
Umairah Yaqub   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Selection criteria for preoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography before laparoscopic cholecystectomy and endoscopic treatment of bile duct stones. Results of a retrospective; single center study between 1996-2002

open access: yes, 2004
AIM: The optimal treatment for bile duct stones (in terms of cost, complications and accuracy) is unclear. The aim of our study was to determine the predictive factors for preoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).
Réti, György   +4 more
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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Patients with Mild Acute Biliary Pancreatitis

open access: yes, 2016
Introduction. Over the last few decades, the incidence of acute pancreatitis is increasing, partly due to the increasing number of patients with cholelithiasis, which is the reason of 27,0-62,0 % of cases.
Reiti A., Yatsyk I., Golovin A.
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Application of near-infrared fluorescent cholangiography using indocyanine green in laparoscopic cholecystectomy

open access: yesJournal of International Medical Research, 2020
Objective Near-infrared fluorescence cholangiography (NIRF-C) can help to identify the bile duct during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. This retrospective study was performed to investigate the effect of NIRF-C in laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Chusi Wang   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cost assessment of instruments for single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy

open access: yes, 2012
Specially designed surgical instruments have been developed for single-incision laparoscopic surgery, but high instrument costs may impede the implementation of these procedures.
Henriksen, Nadia A   +3 more
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Emerging Techniques in Minimally Invasive Surgery in Hematologic Malignancies

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hematologic malignancies represent the most common cancers in children. While the mainstays of treatment are chemotherapy and potentially hematopoietic stem cell transplant, minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has a role in the diagnosis and management of complications related both to disease and therapy as well as common pediatric surgical ...
Alejandro Chara   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non-randomised patients in a cholecystectomy trial: characteristics, procedures, and outcomes

open access: yesBMC Surgery, 2006
Background Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is now considered the first option for gallbladder surgery. However, 20% to 30% of cholecystectomies are completed as open operations often on elderly and fragile patients.
Bäckman Karin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Management of Middle Hepatic Vein Injury during Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Case Report

open access: yesThe Surgery Journal, 2020
Background Cholecystectomy continues to be the first choice for the treatment of symptomatic cholelithiasis. Especially in patients with acute cholecystitis, a laparoscopic approach has become the standard treatment option.
Juan Jose Santivañez   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cholecystectomy in situs inversus totalis: a laparoscopic approach

open access: yes, 2009
Dan EisenbergDepartment of Surgery, Palo Alto VA Health Care System and Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USAPurpose: To report and describe a safe approach to laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with situs inversus totalis.Methods: We ...
Dan Eisenberg
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