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ArticleCureus2020

Operating During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Emerging Indication for Minilaparotomy Cholecystectomy.

David M Milne, Johnathan K Jarvis, Rensi E Franklin, Dexter Thomas, Vijay Naraynsingh

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Preliminary Experience with Mini-Laparotomy Cholecystectomy in Jos.Journal of the West African College of Surgeons
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

David M MilneSurgery, General Hospital Port of Spain, Port of Spain, TTO.
Johnathan K JarvisSurgery, General Hospital Port of Spain, Port of Spain, TTO.
Rensi E FranklinSurgery, General Hospital Port of Spain, Port of Spain, TTO.
Dexter ThomasSurgery, General Hospital Port of Spain, Port of Spain, TTO.
Vijay NaraynsinghSurgery, Medical Associates Hospital, St. Joseph, TTO.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 has required changes in the practice of surgery to reduce the risk of transmission of the virus. Proposed mitigation strategies include avoidance of aerosol-generating procedures such as laparoscopy. We report two cases where minilaparotomy cholecystectomy was employed to treat benign biliary disease during the pandemic. A review of the literature supports the use of this surgical technique during the COVID-19 pandemic until laparoscopy can be proven to be safe.

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cholecystectomycovid-19minilaparotomypandemic

Identifiers

PMID33354446
PMCPMC7744216

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