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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

open access: yesSurgical Clinics of North America, 1990
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
openaire   +2 more sources

Variant Anatomy Literacy as a Patient‐Safety Competency in Surgical Training: A Title‐Informed Conceptual Review and Competency Framework

open access: yesClinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surgical safety depends on recognition of patient‐specific anatomy when encountered structures depart from population norms. Knowledge of anatomical variations is often treated as supplemental rather than as a safety‐relevant necessity.
Juan A. Sanchis‐Gimeno   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intraoperative Gallbladder Scoring Predicts Difficulty of Surgery and Conversion of Laparoscopic to Open Cholecystectomy

open access: yesPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal
Objective: To determine the ability of “Gallbladder Operating Score (G10)” to predict difficulty of surgery and timely conversion of laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy. Study Design: Cross sectional study.
Waleed Umer   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

INDICATIONS FOR CHOLECYSTECTOMY. [PDF]

open access: yesJAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1903
The primary object of every surgical operation is to secure the completest and quickest relief compatible with safety. If it can be shown that in certain specified conditions of the gall bladder cholecystectomy is followed by more perfect restoration to ideal health, by a prompter convalescence, and that the mortality is no greater than in ...
openaire   +1 more source

EVALUATION OF PRE-OPERATIVE ULTRASOUND FINDINGS IN PREDICTING DIFFICULTIES IN LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY FOR ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS

open access: yesThe Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
Background: Pre-operative prediction of difficulties which may occur during laparoscopic cholecystectomy can help in reduction of operative and postoperative complications. Objectives:To study the value of preoperative ultrasound findings for predicting
Ali J Awad
doaj   +4 more sources

COMPARISON OF OPEN CHOLECYSTECTOMY WITH LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY USING LATEST VARIABLES OF PULMONARY FUNCTIONS AS PARAMETERS

open access: yesPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2015
Objectives: To compare open cholecystectomy with laparoscopic cholecystectomy using latest variables of pulmonary functions as parameters. Study Design: Randomized controlled trial.
Wasif Idrees Ahmed   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Circulating Cholangiocarcinoma Protein Biomarkers CRP and MASP2 Also Predict Gallbladder Cancer Risk

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In a recent publication, Lapitz et al. reported differences in serum levels that predict the development of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis prior to clinical manifestation. We examined whether these biomarkers also predict the risk of gallbladder cancer (GBC) in European prospective plasma samples from ...
Linda Zollner   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relation between Gallbladder Wall Thickness, Assessed by Sonography, and Difficulties in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

open access: yesمجلة كلية الطب, 2015
Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the standard treatment for symptomatic gallbladder disease. Preoperative prediction of a difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy can help the surgeon to prepare better for intraoperative risk and the risk of ...
Majeed H. Alamiri, Muthanna K . Adwan
doaj   +1 more source

Cholecystectomy: standard, mini, laparoscopic [PDF]

open access: yesKirkuk Journal of Science, 2014
Background: Cholecystitis and gallstone formations are the most common disorders affecting biliary system. Therapeutic removal of gall bladder had evolved from traditional open cholecystectomy to advanced minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery, in ...
Shabander T. Fathulla
doaj   +1 more source

Associations of cholecystectomy with the risk of colorectal cancer: a Mendelian randomization study

open access: yesChinese Medical Journal, 2023
. Background:. Cholecystectomy is a standard surgery for patients suffering from gallbladder diseases, while the causal effects of cholecystectomy on colorectal cancer (CRC) and other complications are still unknown. Methods:.
Lanlan Chen   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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