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A Technique for Cholecystectomy

Archives of Surgery, 1964
Cholecystectomy is one of the most common and in most instances one of the most rewarding of all abdominal operations. Occasionally the end result leaves much to be desired, usually due to difficulties encountered during the course of the operation.
J R, WATSON, J B, LOVETTE
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Nationwide trends in the use of subtotal cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis.

Surgery, 2019
BACKGROUND Subtotal cholecystectomy is a viable alternative approach to the proverbial "difficult" gallbladder. To date, only a few studies have observed the establishment of those bail-out procedures as an increasingly common surgical practice.
Andrew F. Sabour, K. Matsushima, B. Love, E. Alicuben, M. Schellenberg, K. Inaba, D. Demetriades   +6 more
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Restrictive strategy versus usual care for cholecystectomy in patients with gallstones and abdominal pain (SECURE): a multicentre, randomised, parallel-arm, non-inferiority trial.

The Lancet, 2019
BACKGROUND International guidelines advise laparoscopic cholecystectomy to treat symptomatic, uncomplicated gallstones. Usual care regarding cholecystectomy is associated with practice variation and persistent post-cholecystectomy pain in 10-41% of ...
Aafke H. van Dijk, S. Wennmacker, P. D. de Reuver, C. Latenstein, O. Buyne, S. Donkervoort, Q. Eijsbouts, J. Heisterkamp, K. Hof, J. Janssen, V. Nieuwenhuijs, H. Schaap, P. Steenvoorde, H. Stockmann, D. Boerma, G. Westert, J. Drenth, M. Dijkgraaf, M. Boermeester, C. J. van Laarhoven   +19 more
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A systematic review of the aetiology and management of post cholecystectomy syndrome.

The Surgeon, 2019
BACKGROUND 10% of patients who undergo a cholecystectomy go on to develop post-cholecystectomy syndrome (PCS). The majority of these patients may suffer from extra-biliary or unrelated organic disorders that may have been present before cholecystectomy ...
J. Isherwood, K. Oakland, A. Khanna
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Early cholecystectomy

Rozhledy v chirurgii
In patients with acute calculous cholecystitis, early laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the first choice, including high risk patients. The ideal timing is surgery within 72 hours of the onset of symptoms, and the duration of the symptoms should not exceed 7–10 days.
L, Martínek, J, Hoch
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Open cholecystectomy

The American Journal of Surgery, 1993
The experience with "open" biliary tract surgery is documented in this report in an effort to provide a basis for comparison with the more recent experience with laparoscopic cholecystectomy. During the years 1932 through 1984, 14,232 patients were surgically treated for nonmalignant biliary tract disease at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.
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Cholecystectomy in the elderly

The American Journal of Surgery, 1988
A 4-year retrospective review of 212 patients over 70 years of age who underwent elective and emergency cholecystectomies was undertaken. Elective procedures were performed in 119 patients (76 women, 43 men) whereas 93 patients (43 women, 50 men) underwent emergency surgery. Complications developed in 25 and 34 patients, respectively.
S J, Margiotta, J R, Horwitz, I H, Willis, M K, Wallack   +3 more
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Cholecystectomy During the Third Trimester of Pregnancy: Proceed or Delay?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2019
BACKGROUND Current guidelines suggest that cholecystectomy during the third trimester of pregnancy is safe for both the woman and the fetus. However, no population-based study has examined this issue.
Z. Fong, H. Pitt, S. Strasberg, R. Molina, Numa P. Perez, Cassandra M. Kelleher, A. Loehrer, J. Sicklick, M. Talamini, K. Lillemoe, D. Chang   +10 more
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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Open Cholecystectomy and Cholecystostomy

2007
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Mouret performed the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Lyon in 1988, and the first written report was by Dubois in 1989. Reddick popularized the procedure in the United States in 1990.
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Open Cholecystectomy

Surgical Clinics of North America, 2008
Open cholecystectomy is employed most commonly when severe inflammation precludes identification of critical anatomy during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Several other situations, however, still require a laparotomy to remove the gallbladder. A current challenge is to teach young surgeons how to safely manage complex gallbladder disease, when there is ...
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