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Open Cholecystectomy for Gallbladder Disease
Journal of Medical Insight, 2023Gallbladder diseases are a subset of a spectrum of pathologies of the biliary system and are a particularly common etiology of abdominal pain encountered in modern medicine. These pathologies most often share a similar underlying mechanism of disease: obstruction of a portion of the biliary tree by cholelithiasis, or gallstones.
Peter Rovito +2 more
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Laparoscopic versus open cholecystectomy in children
Pediatric Surgery International, 1997Twenty-one consecutive laparoscopic cholecystectomies (LC) were compared with 29 consecutive open cholecystectomies (OC). Sickle-cell disease (SCD) was the most common reason for cholecystectomy in both groups. The average length of operative time for LC was significantly longer than that of OC (P=0.0149).
H. Al-Abkari +5 more
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Laparoscopic and Open Cholecystectomy in Surgical Training [PDF]
Digestive Surgery, 2010 <i>Background:</i> Open cholecystectomy (OC) may still be necessary in surgical training to perform safe conversions of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Our aim was to study the outcome of LCs and OCs performed by surgical trainees. <i>Methods:</i> All consecutive cholecystectomies (1,581 LCs and 984 OCs) were retrospectively ...
Hannu Paajanen +4 more
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A financial analysis of laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy
Surgical Endoscopy, 1995Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is now the method of choice in treatment of symptomatic gallstone disease. Despite its rapidly growing popularity, comparative costs of this new method and open cholecystectomy (OC) remain unclear. The most outstanding feature of laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the period of short recovery.
G. Lindell +2 more
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Subtotal Cholecystectomy and Open Total Cholecystectomy: Alternatives in Complicated Cholecystitis
The American Surgeon™, 2014Subtotal cholecystectomy (SC) is an alternative to open total cholecystectomy (OTC) when variable anatomy or other intraoperative findings preclude safe dissection of Calot's triangle. The objective of this study was to compare the outcomes between SC and OTC in patients with complicated cholecystitis, cases that could not be completed with the ...
Elizabeth Benjamin +7 more
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An evaluation of laparoscopic versus open cholecystectomy
Medical Journal of Australia, 1994To compare open cholecystectomy (OC) with laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in terms of clinical aspects and a limited review of costs.The Austin Hospital, Melbourne, a university teaching hospital.Prospective LC patients were compared with a retrospective group of OC patients whose surgery had been performed by the same surgeons.Consecutive patients ...
David R. Fletcher +5 more
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Patient Compliance in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy versus Open Cholecystectomy
The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2018Gallbladder disease is one of the most mutual procedures done worldwide. Earlier, an open technique was the regular procedure for cholecystectomy. This typically encompassed performing an intraoperative cholangiogram, and individuals regularly had a two to six-day post-operative hospital stay.
Ahmed Abdullah AlGhamdi +4 more
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Concomitant Cholecystectomy and Open Heart Surgery
Surgery Today, 2007Cholelithiasis may be present concomitantly with cardiac disease. We performed a retrospective study to verify the safety and efficacy of synchronous cholecystectomy and open heart surgery.Between 1999 and 2004, we performed synchronous cholecystectomy and open heart surgery in nine patients (group A) and open heart surgery alone in 1248 patients ...
Efthymia Rouska +4 more
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A cost-minimization analysis of laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus open cholecystectomy
The American Journal of Surgery, 1996Earlier economic analyses have evaluated charges but not costs, and have not considered the cost of production losses associated with open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy. This study attempted to accomplish an economic evaluation of open versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy from the point of view of society.A cost-minimization analysis, using a ...
Dag Arvidsson +4 more
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Open cholecystectomy: is it on the way out? [PDF]
Medical Journal of Australia, 1991 openaire +2 more sources