April 15, 2008 (Philadelphia) — Almost since the inception of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, surgeons have been employing devices that concentrate electrical or vibrational energy to heat and thereby ...

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is a gold standard in the treatment of gallstone-related cholecystitis and is considered a safe method of management of acute cholecystitis. Injury to the gallbladder ...

Minilaparotomy cholecystectomy seems to be a safe alternative to laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstones; however, consistent advantages over laparoscopic approaches have not been ...

Is early or delayed laparoscopic surgery the preferred treatment option for managing acute cholecystitis? The authors performed a meta-analysis based on 16 reports with a total of 809 patients treated ...

The optimal use of robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic approaches for emergency gallbladder surgery is not well-defined. Rates of bile duct injury were similar with both surgical approaches, a large ...

A cholecystectomy is a surgical removal of the gallbladder. The most common reason for removing the gallbladder is the presence of stones inside, which can be caused by diet and/or genetics. If the ...

Robotic-assisted cholecystectomy was tied to a 0.7% rate of bile duct injury that required definitive surgical reconstruction within 1 year compared with a 0.2% rate for laparoscopic cholecystectomy ...

Background: The use of elective cholecystectomy has increased dramatically following the widespread adoption of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. We sought to determine whether this increase has resulted ...

A new study published in Music and Medicine reveals that intraoperative music therapy significantly reduces the amount of propofol required during laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed ...

The earlier a laparoscopic cholecystectomy is performed, the less potential there is for recurrent events such as inflammation and the infection spreading during the wait for surgery. If laparoscopic ...