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Elective Cholecystectomy
Cholecystectomy is one of the most commonly performed abdominal surgery to date. In the last few decades, it is increasingly performed...
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Laparoscopic Subtotal Cholecystectomy
Severely inflamed gallbladders due to acute or chronic infections are challenging to operate on laparoscopically. This is due to the difficulty of...
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Extended Cholecystectomy (Wedge Resection)
Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is known to have a poor prognosis, and curative radical resection is the gold standard treatment. The factors affecting the...
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Use of Fluorescence Guidance in Cholecystectomy
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the most common elective abdominal surgery in the United States. Fluorescence cholangiography (FC) using...
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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the standard operation for symptomatic cholelithiasis and other biliary disorders. This chapter describes the...
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Open Cholecystectomy
This chapter describes the classic technique of open cholecystectomy, including a description of intraoperative cholangiography. There is also a...
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Laparoscopic Subtotal Cholecystectomy
Encountering a difficult gall bladder becomes a technical challenge during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy...
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Is fundus first laparoscopic cholecystectomy a better option than conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy for difficult cholecystectomy? A systematic review and meta-analysis
The gallstone disease prevalence is up to 27% in the general adult population. Though most of the patients are asymptomatic, about 1–4% of these...
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Laparoscopic Single-Site Cholecystectomy (Single Port Method)
In benign gallbladder disease, laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a standard technique. However, laparoscopic single-incision (single port)...
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Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy vs. conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a meta-analysis of the literature
IntroductionMinimally invasive surgery is gradually becoming the mainstay of surgical treatment. In addition to the current mainstream four-port...
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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (3–4 Ports Method)
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is a surgical method that is considered the gold standard for the treatment of symptomatic GB stones, and it is...
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Nationwide outcomes of incidental appendectomy during cholecystectomy versus cholecystectomy alone in children: a propensity score-matched analysis
BackgroundThe utility of incidental appendectomy, appendectomy during another index surgery in the absence of appendicitis, has not been evaluated in...
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Gallstone formation and subsequent cholecystectomy after oncological gastric and esophageal resection
PurposeGallstone formation is increased after gastric (GR) or esophageal resection (ER); however, the exact pathophysiology is not fully understood...
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Systematic review: robot-assisted versus conventional laparoscopic multiport cholecystectomy
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the standard of care for the treatment of symptomatic gallstone disease. In the context of the increasing...
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Robotic single-site cholecystectomy is better in reducing postoperative pain than single-incision and conventional multiport laparoscopic cholecystectomy
BackgroundTo compare the short-term outcomes of robotic single-site cholecystectomy (RSSC) with single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC)...
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Associations of cholecystectomy with metabolic health changes and incident cardiovascular disease: a retrospective cohort study
Although some studies conducted about the risk of cholecystectomy and cardiovascular disease, there was a limit to explaining the relationship. We...
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Post-cesarean section laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a case report
BackgroundLaparoscopic cholecystectomy at the time of cesarean section is novel in medicine. It is safe, feasible, and cost-effective.
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Clinical Predictive Score for Cholecystectomy Wound Infection: WEBAC Score
BackgroundMost common surgical complications in cholecystectomy are surgical site infections (SSIs). SSIs have many factors, including patient,...
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Gallbladder Cancer Incidentally Found at Cholecystectomy: Perioperative Risk Factors
PurposeRisk factors of gallbladder cancer (GBC) are not well-defined resulting in greater than 60% of GBCs being diagnosed incidentally following...
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Index admission cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis reduces 30-day readmission rates in pediatric patients
BackgroundAdult patients with cholecystitis who do not undergo cholecystectomy on index admission have worse outcomes, however, there is a paucity of...