ArticleSurgical endoscopy2016
Laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy for severe cholecystitis.
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- Safe cholecystectomy multi-society practice guideline and state-of-the-art consensus conference on prevention of bile duct injury during cholecystectomy.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Guideline
- Outcomes of Fenestrating vs. Reconstituting Laparoscopic Subtotal Cholecystectomy: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Usefulness of intraoperative choledochoscopy in laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy for severe cholecystitis.Annals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery · 2025Article
- Bailout for the Difficult Gallbladder: Subtotal vs. Open Cholecystectomy-A Retrospective Tertiary Care Center Experience.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Impact of fundus-first laparoscopic cholecystectomy for severe cholecystitis.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Review of the Literature on Partial Resections of the Gallbladder, 1898-2022: The Outline of the Conception of Subtotal Cholecystectomy and a Suggestion to Use the Terms 'Subtotal Open-Tract Cholecystectomy' and 'Subtotal Closed-Tract Cholecystectomy'.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy: comparison of reconstituting and fenestrating techniques.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Article
- Risk factors for postoperative bile leak in patients who underwent subtotal cholecystectomy.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Article
- Subtotal cholecystectomy: early and long-term outcomes.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Article
- A novel classification of aberrant right hepatic ducts ensures a critical view of safety in laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Article
- Open conversion for laparoscopically difficult cholecystectomy is still a valid solution with unsolved aspects.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2019Article
- Trans-infundibular choledochoscopy: a method for accessing the common bile duct in complex cases.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2018Article
- Are They Too Old for Surgery? Safety of Cholecystectomy in Superelderly Patients (≥ Age 90).The Permanente journal · 2017Article
- Clinical outcomes of subtotal cholecystectomy performed for difficult cholecystectomy.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2016Article
- Re-interventions and re-admissions in a 13-year series following use of laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy.Journal of minimal access surgeryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe concept of laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy (LSC), without approaching Calot's triangle to avoid both laparotomy and serious complications, is not widely accepted. In this study, we evaluated the outcomes of LSC for severe cholecystitis when dissection of the cystic duct and cystic artery is hazardous.
methodsFrom January 2004 to December 2013, 110 consecutive patients who underwent LSC without ligation of the cystic duct and vessels were enrolled in this retrospective study. Their clinical records, including operative records and outcomes, had been entered into a prospectively maintained database and were analyzed.
resultsThe mean operating time and blood loss were 121 min and 33.8 ml, respectively. All LSCs were completed without conversion to an open procedure. No injuries to the bile duct or vessels were experienced. Postoperative complications occurred in ten (9.1%) patients, including subhepatic hematoma in 3, bile leakage in 3, and subhepatic abscess in 1. Patients recovered from complications without requiring re-operation. During follow-up periods (mean 30.7 months), symptomatic biliary stone diseases relapsed in three patients (2.7%) and were successfully treated by endoscopic management.
conclusionsLSC without an attempt to dissect Calot's triangle is a safe and feasible procedure that can avoid conversion to laparotomy.
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