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BMC Surgery, 2010 Background During a previous study to define and compare incidence risks of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) for elective laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy at two hospitals in Jamaica, secondary analysis comparing PONV risk in elective open ...
East Jeffrey M, Mitchell Derek IG
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Spider surgical system versus multiport laparoscopic surgery. Performance comparison on a surgical simulator [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: The rising interest towards minimally invasive surgery has led to the introduction of laparo-endoscopic single site (LESS) surgery as the natural evolution of conventional multiport laparoscopy.
BERNIERI, MARIA GIULIA +8 more
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Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2017 Aim: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the gold standard for the treatment of gallstones. Background: The objective of our study was to identify the preoperative predictors of conversion of laparoscopic cholecystectomy into open cholecystectomy ...
Ramlah Ghazanfar +5 more
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Endoscopic Ultrasound versus Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography in Patients with Suspected Common Bile Duct Stones. [PDF]
, 2015 Patients with suspected common bile duct (CBD) stones are often diagnosed using endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), an invasive procedure with risk of significant complications.
Davidson, BR +3 more
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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy due to acute calculouscholecystitis in 16 weeks' in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer pregnancy: report of the first case [PDF]
, 2012 The most common casues of acute abdomen during pregnancy are acute appendicitis followed by acute cholecystitis. The case presented is a 33-year-old patient in 16 weeks' in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer pregnacy who developed acute ...
Augustin, Goran +2 more
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Pakistan Armed Forces Medical JournalObjective: 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
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Insights into Imaging, 2018 Performed on either an elective or urgent basis, cholecystectomy currently represents the most common abdominal operation due to the widespread use of laparoscopy and the progressively expanded indications.
M. Tonolini +3 more
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Non-randomised patients in a cholecystectomy trial: characteristics, procedures, and outcomes
BMC Surgery, 2006 Background Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is now considered the first option for gallbladder surgery. However, 20% to 30% of cholecystectomies are completed as open operations often on elderly and fragile patients.
Bäckman Karin +4 more
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Results of medium seventeen years' follow-up after laparoscopic choledochotomy for ductal stones [PDF]
, 2016 INTRODUCTION: In a previously published article the authors reported the long-term follow-up results in 138 consecutive patients with gallstones and common bile duct (CBD) stones who underwent laparoscopic transverse choledochotomy (TC) with T-tube ...
Balla, Andrea +7 more
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, 2017 Background: Gall stones are a major cause of morbidity all over the world. Until the end of 1980’s, open cholecystectomy was the gold standard for treatment of stones in the gall bladder. Laparoscopy has revolutionized surgery causing a re-evaluation of
Ashutosh M. Shukla, S. Seth, A. Ranjan
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