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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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Myeloid p38 activation maintains macrophage–liver crosstalk and BAT thermogenesis through IL‐12–FGF21 axis

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
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, Ivana Nikolic, Alfonso Mora, Elena Rodríguez, Luis Leiva‐Vega, Aránzazu Pintor‐Chocano, Daniel Horrillo, Lourdes Hernández‐Cosido, Jorge L. Torres, Eva Novoa, Rubén Nogueiras, Gema Medina‐Gómez, Miguel Marcos, Magdalena Leiva, Guadalupe Sabio   +14 more
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‘Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy’ or Simply ‘Cholecystectomy’? [PDF]

Medical Principles and Practice, 2003
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, Constantinos Simopoulos, Alexandros Polychronidis   +2 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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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 [PDF]

, 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).
Lakatos, László, Lakatos, Péter László, Mester, Gábor, Nagy, Attila, Réti, György   +4 more
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Hemobilia due to cystic artery pseudoaneurysm: A rare late complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy [PDF]

, 2017
We discuss a patient with late presentation of hemobilia following cholecystectomy, which is unusual because pseudoaneurysm caused by vascular injury during surgery typically presents soon after surgery.
Badillo, Ricardo, Darcy, Michael D, Kushnir, Vladimir M   +2 more
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Clean Cut (adaptive, multimodal surgical infection prevention programme) for low‐resource settings: a prospective quality improvement study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
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, N. Starr, T. Negussie, D. Schaps, M. Adem, S. Alemu, D. Amenu, N. Gebeyehu, T. Habteyohannes, F. Jiru, A. Tesfaye, E. Wayessa, R. Chen, A. Trickey, S. Bitew, A. Bekele, T. G. Weiser   +16 more
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Non-randomised patients in a cholecystectomy trial: characteristics, procedures, and outcomes

BMC 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, Rahmqvist Mikael, Carlsson Per, Ros Axel, Nilsson Erik   +4 more
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Semicontinuous intra-abdominal pressure measurement using an intragastric Compliance catheter [PDF]

, 2007
OBJECTIVE: To compare intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) measurements obtained from an intragastric Compliance catheter with the pressure measured directly in the abdominal cavity.
Berrevoet, Frederik, De Laet, Ine, De Waele, Jan, Hoste, Eric, PLETINCKX, PIETER, REYNTJENS, KOEN   +5 more
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Scarless Cholecystectomy: Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy with Abdominoplasty [PDF]

Indian Journal of Surgery, 2012
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, Mallipudi B. V. Prasad, Srinivasa Rao Surapaneni   +2 more
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