SynthesisBMC surgery2017
Minilaparoscopic versus single incision cholecystectomy for the treatment of cholecystolithiasis: a meta-analysis and systematic review.
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- Evolution of minimally invasive cholecystectomy: a narrative review.BMC surgery · 2024Review
- The efficacy and safety of single-incision plus one-port laparoscopic surgeryGland surgery · 2024Article
- Evidence-based surgery for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Surgery open science · 2022Article
- Feasibility of transgastric endoscopic gallbladder-preserving surgery for benign gallbladder diseases (with video).Surgical endoscopy · 2022Article
- Gallbladder Volvulus: A Review.Cureus · 2022Review
- Insights From the Analysis of Clinicopathological and Prognostic Factors in Patients With Gallbladder Cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Gallbladder volvulus.Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition · 2021Article
- Effect of comfort nursing on postoperative quality of life, negative emotions and nursing satisfaction in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery.American journal of translational research · 2021Article
- Long-term and short-term surgical outcomes of single-incision laparoscopic hepatectomy on anterolateral liver segments.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Article
- Reconsideration of indications for choledochoscopic gallbladder-preserving surgery and preventive measures for postoperative recurrence of gallstones.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2020Article
- Three Different Ways of Treating Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma at an Early Stage: A Prospective Comparative Study.Gastroenterology research and practice · 2020Article
- Short-term Outcomes of Laparoscopic vs. Open Hepatectomy for Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Prospective Comparative Study.Current medical science · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundOver the past decade, mini-laparoscopic cholecystectomy (MLC) and single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) have been the two main successful mini-invasive surgical interventions for the treatment of cholecystolithiasis since the advent of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). In this study, we conducted a meta-analysis to compare the two treatment alternatives.
methodsWe searched PubMed, CNKI and the Cochrane library for trials that compared MLC and SILC. Risk difference (RD) and mean difference (MD) were calculated with a 95% confidence interval (CI).
resultsFour randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and 2 non-randomized comparative studies (nRCSs) involving 2764 patients were identified. A longer operating time (MD -10.49; 95% CI -18.10, -2.88; P = 0.007) and a shorter wound length (MD 3.65; 95% CI 0.51, 6.78; P = 0.02) were found to be associated with SILC compared with MLC. No significant differences were revealed in conversion, hospital stay, pain relief and cosmetic results. Although a lower incidence of complications was observed with MLC (8.2%) compared with SILC (15.9%), but the difference was not statistically significant (RD -0.06; 95% CI -0.12, 0.00; P = 0.07).
conclusionsMLC has an advantage over SILC in terms of operating time rather than hospital stay, pain relief, cosmetic results. Though conversion and complication rates were higher with SILC, there existed no statistically differences in the two measures between the two procedures. Whether MLC confers any benefits in terms of conversion or complications still warrants further studies.
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