Introducction
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a minimally invasive and highly effective technique that have become the current standard of care for gallstone disease.
Several minimally invasive aproaches have been developed such as híbrid procedures, single port or minilaparoscopy between others, showing no great differences respect acute and long term complications when compared with the standard procedure.
Objective
We present a case series of Laparoscopic cholecystectomies describing a
INTRODUCTION:
The surgical management of acute gallstone pancreatitis (AGSP) in the elderly is a challenging clinical situation. Our aim was to assess single-session laparoscopic management of acute gallstone pancreatitis in patients ? 70 years.
METHODS:
We collected data prospectively for patients undergoing laparoscopic biliary surgery over 20 years (N=4408) was analysed. We reviewed the data for patients aged ? 70 years diagnosed and underwent surgical management for.
RESULTS:
A tot
Background: Laparoscopic treatment is considered as standard procedure for left lateral sectionectomy (LLS), showing better outcome compared to open LLS. However, laparoscopic LLL in patients with cirrhosis is still controversial.
Methods: We evaluated data of 107 patients who underwent laparoscopic LLS between July 2003 and July 2013. The patients were classified into two groups according to the presence of pathologically proven cirrhosis or not; group A (presence of cirrhosis; n = 22) and gro
Introduction
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is one of the most common laparoscopic procedures performed worldwide. Prior research has been devoted to ergonomics and operator comfort during laparoscopic surgery. Our aim was to determine if altering the placement of the subxyphoid port had any effect on ergonomics, comfort, and operative time during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Methods
Two surgeons at a teaching hospital measured the angle between the port and the skin of the subxyphoid port d
Purpose
Our purpose was to describe the safety and feasibility of a running continuous unidirectional barbed suture (V-Loc, Covidien, Mansfield, MA) for primary common bile duct closure at laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE).
Introduction
Nowadays, LCBDE is actually the best approach for treating complex cases of common bile duct lithiasis or cases where the endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has failed. Also, it continues to gain widespread popularity among s