ArticleThe Indian journal of surgery2015
Drain After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Calculous Cholecystitis. A Pilot Randomized Study.
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- Critical view of safety approach vs. infundibular technique in laparoscopic cholecystectomy, which one is safer? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Updates in surgery · 2025Pooled it
- The Japan Society for Surgical Infection: guidelines for the prevention, detection, and management of gastroenterological surgical site infection, 2018.Surgery today · 2021Pooled it
- Prophylactic drainage after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Updates in surgery · 2019Pooled it
- Routine abdominal drainage versus no abdominal drainage for uncomplicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of drainage versus no drainage after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic SurgeonsPooled it
- The Value of Abdominal Drainage After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Mild or Moderate Acute Calculous Cholecystitis: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.World journal of surgery · 2016Trial
- The Time to Discharge and Pain Reliever Intake Depending on the Use of a Drain After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Optimal drain management following complicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: a propensity-matched comparative study.Journal of minimally invasive surgery · 2022Article
- Effect of routine abdominal drainage on postoperative pain after uncomplicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis: A randomised controlled trial.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- Safety of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis in the Elderly: A Multivariate Analysis of Risk Factors for Intra and Postoperative Complications.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
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- The effect on morbidity of the use of prophylactic abdominal drain following elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
Drainage after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) for acute calculous cholecystitis (ACC) is used without evidence of its efficacy. The present pilot study was designed to address this issue. After laparoscopic gallbladder removal, 15 patients were randomized to have a drain positioned in the subhepatic space (group A) and 15 patients to have a sham drain (group B). The primary outcome measure was the presence of subhepatic fluid collection at abdominal ultrasonography, performed 24 h after surgery. Secondary outcome measures included postoperative abdominal and shoulder tip pain, use of analgesics, and morbidity. Abdominal ultrasonography did not show any subhepatic fluid collection in eight patients (53.3 %) in group A and in five patients (33.3 %) in group B (P = 0.462). If present, median (range) subhepatic collection was 50 mL (20-100 mL) in group A and 80 mL (30-120 mL) in group B (P = 0.573). No significant differences in the severity of abdominal and shoulder pain and use of parenteral ketorolac were found in either group. Two biliary leaks and one subhepatic fluid collection occurred postoperatively. The present study was unable to prove that the drain was useful in LC for ACC, performed in a selected group of patients.
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