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Elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Surgical Endoscopy, 2001
Efficient use of operating time has become a key concern. The aim of this study was to determine preoperative factors that can predict extended duration of operating time (>90 min) for laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC).Data collected prospectively on 827 consecutive patients who underwent elective LC between 1990 and 1997 were analyzed.
B J, Ammori, M, Larvin, M J, McMahon
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Stratification for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Surgical Endoscopy, 1996
In a former retrospective study in our clinic, an improvement in patient care was observed after the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The aim of this study was to verify whether this improvement could be maintained or even be further improved.Retrospective evaluation of all patients who underwent an elective cholecystectomy due to ...
W T, van den Broek   +2 more
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Elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy for "all-comers"

The Lancet, 1991
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a safe and effective procedure in specialist centres, but its wider application will depend on the ability of general surgeons to become skilled in this technique. 180 patients underwent elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy during a nine-month period at a single district general hospital.
P, Wilson   +4 more
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Comparison of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy versus Elective Open Cholecystectomy

Journal of Laparoendoscopic Surgery, 1992
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has essentially replaced open cholecystectomy as the procedure of choice for gallbladder disease. This rapid shift to laparoscopic cholecystectomy, however, has resulted more from marketing forces than from prospective clinical trials.
J F, Smith   +4 more
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Elective transumbilical compared with standard laparoscopic cholecystectomy

European Journal of Surgery, 1999
To compare the transumbilical technique of laparoscopic cholecystectomy with standard laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Randomised open study.Teaching hospital, Italy.90 patients who required elective cholecystectomy under general anaesthesia.Standard laparoscopic cholecystectomy through 4 ports or transumbilical cholecystectomy through 2 ports.Amount of ...
Bresadola F.   +7 more
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Role of Prophylactic Antibiotic in Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2012
This prospective study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of single-dose Ceftazidime as a prophylactic antibiotic to prevent surgical site infections in low-risk patients undergoing LC. Two hundred patients included in the study were randomly divided into two groups (100 each): G1: patients received intravenous Ceftazidime within 60 minutes ...
Ahmed Mohamed Abdelaziz, Hassan   +5 more
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Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

2008
In the early days of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, cholangiography was advocated as a way to avoid common duct injury by delineating the anatomy, as well as a method of detecting or excluding the presence of unsuspected common duct stones. This chapter explores whether routine cholangiography is needed in the routine case of a patient with no evidence ...
Nate Thepjatri   +3 more
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