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The challenges faced in the design, conduct and analysis of surgical randomised trials [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Randomised evaluations of surgical interventions are rare; some interventions have been widely adopted without rigorous evaluation. Unlike other medical areas, the randomised controlled trial (RCT) design has not become the default study design for the ...
Cook, Jonathan Alistair
core  

Peliosis hepatis. Personal experience and literature review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Peliosis hepatis (PH) is a disease characterized by multiple and small, blood-filled cysts within the parenchymatous organs. PH is a very rare disease, more common in adults, and when it affects the liver, it comes to the surgeon’s attention only in ...
Crocetti, Daniele   +5 more
core   +1 more source

FREQUENCY OF CONVERSION TO OPEN CHOLECYSTECTOMY AMONG MALE AND FEMALE PATIENTS UNDERGOING LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

open access: yesJournal of University Medical & Dental College, 2014
: OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of conversion to open cholecystectomy among male and female patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. STUDY DESIGN: cross sectional study SETTING: This study was conducted in surgical departments, Allied &
Sajid Rehman Randhawa   +2 more
doaj  

Corrective treatment and anatomic considerations for laparoscopic cholecystectomy injuries [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
BACKGROUND: Complete reports of biliary and vascular injuries after laparoscopic cholecystectomy are rare. STUDY DESIGN: Fifteen patients with complex laparoscopic cholecystectomy injuries underwent corrective operations.
Dodson, SF   +5 more
core  

Current Status of Conventional (Open) Cholecystectomy Versus Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

open access: yesAnnals of Surgery, 1996
For the past century, open cholecystectomy has been the conventional method, or gold standard, for the treatment of patients with symptomatic gallstones. First performed in France in 1987, laparoscopic cholecystectomy was introduced in the United States in 1988.
openaire   +3 more sources

Open cholecystectomy in the laparoscopic era

open access: yesBritish Journal of Surgery, 2007
Abstract Introduction As techniques in laparoscopic cholecystectomy have improved, surgeon experience of open cholecystectomy may be limited. This study examined the current indications for and techniques used in primary open cholecystectomy. Methods
P J, Jenkins   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Patient‐reported outcomes, postoperative pain and pain relief after day‐case surgery (POPPY): short‐term peri‐operative analgesic use

open access: yesAnaesthesia, EarlyView.
Summary Introduction An increasing proportion of complex surgical procedures are being performed in the UK as day‐cases, with variable and limited follow up. Discharge prescriptions must provide adequate analgesia, while considering the safety of the patient and public, following best practice guidance and good opioid stewardship.
Anna Ratcliffe   +2083 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biofilm producing Salmonella typhi: Chronic colonization and development of gallbladder cancer [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhi is the aetiological agent of typhoid or enteric fever. In a subset of individuals, S. Typhi colonizes the gallbladder causing an asymptomatic chronic infection.
Cavallo, Ilaria   +4 more
core   +1 more source

The Efficacy and Medium‐Term Patient‐Reported Outcomes Following Conversion From Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastric Band to One Anastomoses Gastric Bypass: A Cohort Study

open access: yesANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
In this large single‐centre series, conversional one‐anastomosis gastric bypass was demonstrated to be safe and to deliver meaningful medium‐term weight loss with low morbidity after primary sleeve gastrectomy or gastric banding. While reflux was not universally resolved, patient‐reported satisfaction was high, and secondary enteroenterostomy provided ...
Aaron Lerch   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

When Enzymes Mislead: Assessing the Value of MRCP in Suspected Choledocholithiasis

open access: yesANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The diagnosis of choledocholithiasis (CDL) requires balancing timely intervention against the risks of unnecessary invasive procedures. Although liver function tests (LFTs) are widely used for risk stratification, their static values and short‐term trends remain poorly defined in predicting persistent common bile duct stones.
Renato Pitesa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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