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

Pakistan 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, Muhammad Amer Mian, Syed Mukarram Hussain   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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

The 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

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

مجلة 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

Cost-effectiveness analysis of cholecystectomy during Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity

, 2012
Background: Controversy exists regarding the use of concurrent cholecystectomy during Roux-en-Y gastric bypass performed for morbid obesity. Methods: A decision model was developed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of current strategies: routine ...
Ho, Vivian, Riall, Taylor S., Benarroch-Gampel, Jaime, Sheffield, Kristin M., Lairson, David R., Boyd, Casey A.   +5 more
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Posthumously Diagnosed Myhre Syndrome Presenting With Pleural Remodeling and Endometrial Cancer

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myhre syndrome (OMIM 139210) is a genetic condition defined by neurodevelopmental disability, characteristic facial features, and multisystem proliferative fibrosis. While various types of lung disease have been reported, pleural remodeling leading to restrictive lung disease has not yet been described.
Jeanette Saffir, Karee Morgan, Karigynn Chaimson, Blake E. Funke, Kim L. Sandler, Melissa Hogan, Thomas Cassini   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy - a Multicenter Belgian Experience

, 1991
In a Belgian multicenter study 507 patients were submitted to an attempt of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 78% of the patients had uncomplicated gallstones whereas 22% had complicated ones.
Gigot, Jean-François, SYMP OF MINIMAL ACCESS SURGERY, LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY : STATE OF THE ART   +1 more
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Histamine and the mechanisms of nausea and vomiting: Translating the uncertain pharmacology of cyclizine

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Cyclizine is a long‐established, short‐acting drug, registered for preventing motion sickness, post‐operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and ‘vomiting of known cause’. The latter is not defined but may include pregnancy and patients receiving palliative care, historically accepted without large, controlled trials.
Gareth J. Sanger, Paul L. R. Andrews
wiley   +1 more source

Single-Stage Endoscopic Stone Extraction and Cholecystectomy during the Same Hospitalization [PDF]

Clinical Endoscopy, 2019
Background/Aims The clinical impact of single-stage endoscopic stone extraction by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and cholecystectomy during the same hospitalization remains elusive.
Toshiaki Terauchi, Hiroharu Shinozaki, Satoshi Shinozaki, Yuichi Sasakura, Masaru Kimata, Junji Furukawa, Alan Kawarai Lefor, Yoshiro Ogata, Kenji Kobayashi   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Outcome of open cholecystectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy- A comparative study [PDF]

, 2022
Background: Cholelithiasis, which continues to be one of the most common digestive disorders encountered, was traditionally being dealt by conventional or open cholecystectomy. With the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, the surgical community
Sachin Kempegowda, Yamuna V S, Rahul R Raikar   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Acute cholecystitis:Delayed cholecystectomy has lesser perioperative morbidity compared to emergency cholecystectomy [PDF]

, 2022
Background: In comparison to delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy, emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy has a shorter length of stay and eliminates the risk of recurrent episodes of acute cholecystitis.
Lucocq, James, Patil, Pradeep, Scollay, John   +2 more
core   +1 more source