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Trial reportInternational surgery

Early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: a prospective, randomized study.

Alper Bilal Ozkardeş, Mehmet Tokaç, Ersin Gürkan Dumlu, Birkan Bozkurt, Ahmet Burak Ciftçi, Fahri Yetişir, Mehmet Kılıç

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Trial report in International surgery. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 43 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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43citing papers in PubMed, 12 pooled it
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04308265 completednot on this map

Does the Scoring System Affect the Surgery Timing in Acute Calculous Cholecystitis?

TypeobservationalSponsorKonya Meram State HospitalRan2020 to 2021Enrolled1ConditionsAcute Cholecystitis
NCT05484232 naunknown statusnot on this map

Outcomes of Early Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Cases of Acute Cholecystitis

TypeinterventionalSponsorSohag UniversityRan2022 to 2023Enrolled50ConditionsAcute Calculous CholecystitisArmsLaparoscopic Cholecystectomy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 108 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Early Cholecystectomy Is Superior to Delayed Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis: a Meta-analysis.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alper Bilal Ozkardeş1 Department of General Surgery, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Mehmet Tokaç
Ersin Gürkan Dumlu
Birkan Bozkurt
Ahmet Burak Ciftçi
Fahri Yetişir
Mehmet Kılıç
Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We aimed to compare the clinical outcome and cost of early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. Sixty patients with acute cholecystitis were randomized into early (within 24 hours of admission) or delayed (after 6-8 weeks of conservative treatment) laparoscopic cholecystectomy groups. There was no significant difference between study groups in terms of operation time and rates for conversion to open cholecystectomy. On the other hand, total hospital stay was longer (5.2 ± 1.40 versus 7.8 ± 1.65 days; P = 0.04) and total costs were higher (2500.97 ± 755.265 versus 3713.47 ± 517.331 Turkish Lira; P = 0.03) in the delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy group. Intraoperative and postoperative complications were recorded in 8 patients in the early laparoscopic cholecystectomy group, whereas no complications occurred in the delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy group (P = 0.002). Despite intraoperative and postoperative complications being associated more with early laparoscopic cholecystectomy compared with delayed intervention, early laparoscopic cholecystectomy should be preferred for treatment of acute cholecystitis because of its advantages of shorter hospital stay and lower cost.

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AdultAgedCholecystectomy, LaparoscopicCholecystitis, AcuteFemaleHospital CostsHumansLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative ComplicationsProspective StudiesTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeTurkey

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PMID24444271
PMCPMC3897343
OpenAlexW2144632890

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