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Optimal timing of cholecystectomy after percutaneous gallbladder drainage for severe cholecystitis
Background The Tokyo guideline for acute cholecystitis recommended percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage followed by cholecystectomy for severe acute cholecystitis, but the optimal timing for the subsequent cholecystectomy remains controversial.
Koetsu Inoue+8 more
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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy. [PDF]
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 ...
Mark Emberton, R. Howerton
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Comparative Safety of Robotic-Assisted vs Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Key Points Question What are the utilization rates and comparative safety outcomes of robotic-assisted cholecystectomy vs laparoscopic cholecystectomy across the United States?
Stanley Kalata+4 more
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2020 WSES guidelines for the detection and management of bile duct injury during cholecystectomy
Bile duct injury (BDI) is a dangerous complication of cholecystectomy, with significant postoperative sequelae for the patient in terms of morbidity, mortality, and long-term quality of life.
N. de’Angelis+96 more
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Physiological activation of myeloid p38 controls macrophage IL‐12 production and crosstalk to the liver by modulating hepatic FGF21, and subsequently, brown adipose tissue thermogenesis during obesity Abstract Obesity features excessive fat accumulation in several body tissues and induces a state of chronic low‐grade inflammation that contributes to ...
María Crespo+14 more
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‘Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy’ or Simply ‘Cholecystectomy’? [PDF]
We enjoyed reading the paper by Hasaniah et al. [1] in which they reported their experience of 2,750 laparoscopic cholecystectomies in a hospital in Kuwait. This article showed the excellent results of laparoscopic cholecystectomy and confirmed its place in the armamentarium for the general surgeon. We would like, however, to make the following comment
Anastasios J. Karayiannakis+2 more
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Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester+16 more
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Safe laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Adoption of universal culture of safety in cholecystectomy
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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Scarless Cholecystectomy: Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy with Abdominoplasty [PDF]
Three patients presented to our hospital with abdominal wall laxity and symptomatic cholelithiasis. All of them wanted to undergo a cosmetic procedure (abdominoplasty) to reduce the abdominal wall laxity. They were also diagnosed to have cholelithiasis and had intermittent episodes of pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen.
Sandeep S. Dabade+2 more
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