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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 ...
I M, Macintyre, R G, Wilson
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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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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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NOViSE: a virtual natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery simulator [PDF]
Purpose: Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) is a novel technique in minimally invasive surgery whereby a flexible endoscope is inserted via a natural orifice to gain access to the abdominal cavity, leaving no external scars.
Barrow, A +4 more
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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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Semicontinuous intra-abdominal pressure measurement using an intragastric Compliance catheter [PDF]
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 +5 more
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Subtotal Cholecystectomy [PDF]
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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An evidence based guide to a safe intraoperative approach of avoiding iatrogenic lesions during difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomies [PDF]
Introduction: Although there are many sources for iatrogenic lesions during laparoscopic cholecystectomy, only a few stand out as being one of the most difficult to predict due to their nature of being very hard to diagnose before surgery.
Belis, Vladimir +3 more
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Hemobilia due to cystic artery pseudoaneurysm: A rare late complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy [PDF]
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 +2 more
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Relation of gallbladder function and Helicobacter pylori infection to gastric mucosa inflammation in patients with symptomatic cholecystolithiasis [PDF]
Background. Inflammatory alterations of the gastric mucosa are commonly caused by Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection in patients with symptomatic gallstone disease.
Abdel-Wahab M +38 more
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