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ArticleWorld journal of emergency surgery : WJES2019

Open conversion for laparoscopically difficult cholecystectomy is still a valid solution with unsolved aspects.

M Mannino, A Toro, M Teodoro, F Coccolini, M Sartelli, L Ansaloni, F Catena, I Di Carlo

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Article in World journal of emergency surgery : WJES, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Guideline
  2. Serum cholecystokinin levels can be a predictive factor for difficult cholecystectomy: Decreased cholecystokinin receptor levels.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

M Mannino1Department of Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "GF Ingrassia", Cannizzaro Hospital, University of Catania, Via Messina, 829, 95126 Catania, Italy.
A ToroDepartment of Surgery, Augusta Hospital, Augusta, SR Italy.
M Teodoro1Department of Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "GF Ingrassia", Cannizzaro Hospital, University of Catania, Via Messina, 829, 95126 Catania, Italy.
F Coccolini3General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy.
M SartelliDepartment of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy.
L Ansaloni3General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy.
F Catena5Emergency Surgery, Parma Hospital, Parma, Italy.
I Di Carlo1Department of Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "GF Ingrassia", Cannizzaro Hospital, University of Catania, Via Messina, 829, 95126 Catania, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy remains a surgical challenge for surgeons who must decide between laparoscopic continuation and open conversion. The balance between the lack of open surgery training of young surgeons and the risk of maintaining the laparoscopic approach in difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy is still an unresolved problem. Furthermore, the time that must be spent in an attempt to complete laparoscopic surgery before conversion is still controversial. The authors in this letter discuss about these and other questions that still require an answer.

Indexed as

CholecystectomyCholecystectomy, LaparoscopicConversion to Open SurgeryDigestive System Surgical ProceduresHumansDifficult cholecystectomyLaparoscopyOpen conversion

Identifiers

PMID30820240
PMCPMC6380008

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