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Prophylactic Antibiotics for Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. [PDF]

Am Surg, 2018
Surgical site infections with elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy are less frequent and less severe, leading some to suggest that prophylactic antibiotics (PA) are no longer indicated. We compared the incidence of surgical site infections before and after an institutional practice change of withholding PA for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy ...
Smith JP, Samra NS, Ballard DH, Moss JB, Griffen FD.   +4 more
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Meta‐analysis: antibiotic prophylaxis in elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy [PDF]

Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2009
SummaryBackground  Current guidelines do not support routine antibiotic prophylaxis during elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. However, routine antibiotic prophylaxis for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy is still popular in many clinical settings.Aim  To evaluate the role of antibiotic prophylaxis in elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy ...
H, Zhou, J, Zhang, Q, Wang, Z, Hu
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Stump Cholecystitis: Laparoscopic Completion Cholecystectomy with Basic Laparoscopic Equipment in a Resource Poor Setting

Case Reports in Medicine, 2014
Introduction. Stump cholecystitis is a recognised condition in which a large gallbladder remnant becomes inflamed after subtotal cholecystectomy. When this occurs, a completion cholecystectomy is indicated. Traditionally, these patients were subjected to
Shamir O. Cawich, Carlos Wilson, Lindberg K. Simpson, Akil J. Baker   +3 more
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Prediction and management of a low-lying costal arch which restricts the operative working space during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is difficult to perform in patients with a low-lying costal arch that entirely covers the liver.
Yoshitsugu Tajima, Seiya Susumu, Adachi, Tomohiko, Tatsuya Okamoto, Okamoto, Tatsuya, Tajima, Yoshitsugu, Kuroki, Tamotsu, Fujita, Fumihiko, Kosaka, Taiichiro, Kanetaka, Kengo, Susumu, Seiya, Kanematsu, Takashi, Satoshi Mochizuki, Torashima, Yasuhiro, Kengo Kanetaka, Tamotsu Kuroki, Fumihiko Fujita, Yasuhiro Torashima, Takashi Kanematsu, Mochizuki, Satoshi, Kitasato, Amane, Amane Kitasato, Taiichiro Kosaka, Tomohiko Adachi   +23 more
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MORBIDITY OF LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2006
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the morbidity of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in terms of pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy, hospital stay after laparoscopic cholecystectomy and complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy ...
Zahid Hussain, Usman Ghani, Mohammad Aamir Mian   +2 more
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Evaluation of low-pressure pneumoperitoneum laparoscopic cholecystectomy [PDF]

, 2021
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the most standard procedure for management of symptomatic cholelithiasis or acute cholecystitis in patients without and specific contraindications.
Yasir Aaffaaq Ahmed Mir, Neeraj Kaul, Nitish Gupta, Aseem Mahajan   +3 more
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Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy – Is It Safe In The Hands Of Residents During Training? [PDF]

Polish Journal of Surgery, 2015
Abstractwas to assess safety of elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) performed by residents that are undergoing training in general surgery.. A retrospective analysis was conducted on 330 patients operated electively due to cholelithiasis. Patients with acute cholecystitis, choledocholithiasis, undergoing cholecystec-tomy as a part of more ...
Kisielewski, Michał, Pędziwiatr, Michał, Pisarska, Magdalena, Major, Piotr, Rubinkiewicz, Mateusz, Matłok, Maciej, Migaczewski, Marcin, Budzyński, Piotr, Budzyński, Andrzej   +8 more
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Outcome of laparoscopic cholecystectomy at a secondary level of care in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011
Background/Aim: The first option for gallbladder surgery is laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The aim of this study is to analyze the outcomes for all patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy at a secondary level of care.
Abdulrahman S Al-Mulhim, Tarek T Amin
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The Need for Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy [PDF]

Archives of Surgery, 2000
The need for antibiotic treatment when performing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy may not be as important as it is thought. This study assesses the real efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis in elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy with respect to the postoperative infection rate.A prospective randomized study on the routine use of antibiotic ...
A, Tocchi, L, Lepre, G, Costa, G, Liotta, G, Mazzoni, F, Maggiolini   +5 more
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Cost assessment of instruments for single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy

, 2012
Specially designed surgical instruments have been developed for single-incision laparoscopic surgery, but high instrument costs may impede the implementation of these procedures.
Henriksen, Nadia A, Al-Tayar, Haytham, Rosenberg, Jacob, Jorgensen, Lars Nannestad   +3 more
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