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ArticleTrauma surgery & acute care open2019

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the Acute Care Surgery model: risk factors for complications.

Emily Fletcher, Erica Seabold, Karen Herzing, Ronald Markert, Alyssa Gans, Akpofure Peter Ekeh

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Article in Trauma surgery & acute care open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The Analysis of Risk Factors in the Conversion from Laparoscopic to Open Cholecystectomy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  3. Evaluation of Risk Factors for Postoperative Infection in 176 Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy at a Single Center.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emily FletcherDepartment of Surgery, Wright State Physicians, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
Erica SeaboldDepartment of Surgery, Wright State Physicians, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
Karen HerzingDepartment of Surgery, Wright State Physicians, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
Ronald MarkertDepartment of Surgery, Wright State Physicians, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
Alyssa GansDepartment of Surgery, Wright State Physicians, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
Akpofure Peter EkehDepartment of Surgery, Wright State Physicians, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
Wright State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Acute Care Surgery (ACS) model developed during the last decade fuses critical care, trauma, and emergency general surgery. ACS teams commonly perform laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) for acute biliary disease. This study reviewed LCs performed by an ACS service focusing on risk factors for complications in the emergent setting.

methodsAll patients who underwent LC on an ACS service during a 26-month period were identified. Demographic, perioperative, and complication data were collected and analyzed with Fisher's exact test, χ

resultsDuring the study period, 547 patients (70.2% female, mean age 46.1±18.1, mean body mass index 32.4±7.8 kg/m DISCUSSION: Although several statistically significant relationships were identified between several risk factors and complications, these findings have limited clinical significance. Factors including attending years in practice and time of the operation were not associated with increased complications. ACS services are capable of performing a high volume of LCs for emergent indications with low complication and conversion rates.-Level of evidence:IV.

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acute care surgerycomplicationslaparoscopic cholecystectomy

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PMID31565675
PMCPMC6744070
OpenAlexW2972818520

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