Cholecystectomy may be feasible in patients with silent common duct stones
1. In patients with symptomatic gallbladder stones who were found to have asymptomatic concomitant common bile duct stones (CBDS), laparoscopic ...
Tag: cholecystectomy
Quick Take: Restrictive strategy versus usual care for cholecystectomy in patients with gallstones and abdominal pain (SECURE)
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for the treatment of symptomatic cholecystolithiasis is currently the standard of care. However, multiple studies indicate that 10-41% ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind April 29, 2019
Association Between Longitudinal Plasma Neurofilament Light and Neurodegeneration in Patients With Alzheimer Disease Alzheimer disease (AD) is characterized by the ...
Patient Basics: Cholecystectomy
Originally published by Harvard Health. What Is It? Cholecystectomy is the surgical removal of the gallbladder, the small saclike organ located ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind July 8 – July 15, 2014
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Letrozole ...
Endoscopic sphincterotomy ineffective in reducing post-cholecystectomy abdominal pain [EPISOD trial]
Image: PD 1. Endoscopic sphincterotomy did not relieve unexplained post-cholecystectomy abdominal pain due to suspected biliary Sphincter of Oddi (SOD) dysfunction. ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind November 4-10, 2013
Image: PD In this section, we will highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the ...
Operating the night before daytime surgery appears to have no effect on safety
Image: PD 1. There is no difference in conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomies among surgeons who had vs. had ...
Single-site robotic cholecystectomy is safe, but technically challenging
Image: CC/Wiki 1. 87 of 95 patients completed single-site robotic cholecystectomy without conversion to traditional approaches. 2. Following single-site robotic ...
Deliberate practice in virtual reality simulator improves surgical resident performance
Image: PD 1. Novice surgical residents who used deliberate practice in virtual reality simulation had significantly higher technical performance scores. ...