Cholecystectomy

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 100 consecutive common duct explorations without mortality. 
  • A population-based cohort study comparing laparoscopic and open cholecystectomies: research in the new millennium. 
  • A prospective analysis of 1518 laparoscopic cholecystectomies. The Southern Surgeons Club. 
  • A stone in a grossly dilated cystic duct stump: a rare cause of postcholecystectomy pain. 
  • Abnormal intraoperative cholangiography. Treatment options and long-term follow-up. 
  • Accurate staging for gallbladder cancer: implications for surgical therapy and pathological assessment. 
  • Acute acalculous cholecystitis in young patients without predisposing factors. 
  • Age matters: a study of clinical and economic outcomes following cholecystectomy in elderly Americans. 
  • American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guideline on Initial Management of Acute Pancreatitis. 
  • An analysis of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 
  • Anaesthesia for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 
  • Clinical spectrum of pyruvate kinase deficiency: data from the Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency Natural History Study. 
  • Complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 
  • Concomitant cholecystectomy during bariatric surgery: The jury is still out. 
  • Concomitant laparoscopic renal surgery and cholecystectomy: outcomes and technical considerations. 
  • Correction: A prospective analysis of 1518 laparoscopic cholecystectomies. 
  • Deaths from gallstones. Incidence and associated clinical factors. 
  • Early versus delayed management for acute calculous cholecystitis: when should cholecystectomy be performed? 
  • Effectiveness of cholecystokinin-stimulated cholescintigraphy in the diagnosis and treatment of acalculous gallbladder disease. 
  • Elective cholecystectomy in children with sickle hemoglobinopathies. Successful outcome using a preoperative transfusion regimen. 
  • Expectant management of the asymptomatic gallbladder at Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. 
  • Food cravings and food consumption after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass versus cholecystectomy. 
  • Fully covered self-expandable metallic stents in the management of complex biliary leaks: preliminary data - a case series. 
  • Gallbladder pathology in morbid obesity. 
  • Gallstone ileus: revisiting surgical outcomes using National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data. 
  • Gangrenous cholecystitis: a contemporary review. 
  • Heroic Measures for an American Hero: Attempting to Save the Life of General Douglas MacArthur. 
  • High kVp vs. low kVp for T-tube and operative cholangiography. 
  • High rate of positive lymph nodes in T1a gallbladder cancer does not translate to decreased survival: a population-based, propensity score adjusted analysis. 
  • High rates of recurrent biliary tract obstruction in children with sickle cell disease. 
  • Impact of pre-operative positron emission tomography in gallbladder cancer. 
  • Incidence and management of biliary pancreatitis in cholecystectomized patients. Results of a 7-year study. 
  • Injury to aberrant bile ducts during cholecystectomy: a common cause of diagnostic error and treatment delay. 
  • Intraoperative use of a 2-mm choledochoscope for the exploration of small bile ducts and the pancreatic duct. 
  • Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and the biliary endoscopist. 
  • Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in young patients with sickle hemoglobinopathies. 
  • Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: the standard of care for chronic and acute cholecystitis. 
  • Low insertion of hepatic segmental duct VII-VIII is an important cause of major biliary injury or misdiagnosis. 
  • Management of biliary complications after heart transplantation. 
  • Mechanisms of major biliary injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 
  • NIH Consensus conference. Gallstones and laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 
  • National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement: Gallstones and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. September 14-16, 1992. 
  • Neuroendocrine carcinomas of the gallbladder: Lessons learnt from cases at opposite ends of the spectrum. 
  • No need to wait: an analysis of the timing of cholecystectomy during admission for acute cholecystitis using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. 
  • Non-operative management of a common bile duct injury sustained during cholecystectomy in a morbidly obese patient. (Non-operative repair of CBD injury). 
  • Operative cholangiography in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy: unique radiographic findings. 
  • Outcomes following cholecystectomy in pregnant and nonpregnant women. 
  • Outcomes of cholecystectomy in US heart transplant recipients. 
  • Percutaneous cholecystostomy in patients with acute cholecystitis: experience of 45 patients at a US referral center. 
  • Polypoid lesions of the gallbladder: diagnosis and followup. 
  • Predicting Residual Disease in Incidental Gallbladder Cancer: Risk Stratification for Modified Treatment Strategies. 
  • Predicting the presence of choledocholithiasis in patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis. 
  • Predictive Model for Neoplastic Potential of Gallbladder Polyp. 
  • Retransplantation in the diabetic with a pancreas allograft after previous kidney or pancreas transplant. 
  • Robotic cholecystectomy: first experience with the new Senhance robotic system. 
  • Routine choledochotomy with cholecystectomy. 
  • Subtotal cholecystectomy for the hostile gallbladder: failure to control the cystic duct results in significant morbidity. 
  • Surgical and obstetric outcomes in adults with sickle cell disease. 
  • Surgical site infections after laparoscopic and open cholecystectomies in community hospitals . 
  • Systemic Chemotherapy Combined with Resection for Locally Advanced Gallbladder Carcinoma: Surgical and Survival Outcomes. 
  • The President's gallbladder: a historical account of the cholecystectomy of Lyndon Baines Johnson. 
  • The effect of propofol on the canine sphincter of Oddi. 
  • The fate of patients who undergo "preoperative" ERCP to clear known or suspected bile duct stones. 
  • The relationship of patient satisfaction with care and clinical outcomes. 
  • The resident as surgeon: an analysis of ACS-NSQIP. 
  • The risk paradox: use of elective cholecystectomy in older patients is independent of their risk of developing complications. 
  • The role of ERCP in diagnosis and management of accessory bile duct leaks after cholecystectomy. 
  • The role of endoscopy in the evaluation and treatment of patients with biliary neoplasia. 
  • The technique of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in children. 
  • Time to revisit indications for cholecystectomy. 
  • What is the clinical significance of bone loss in primary hyperparathyroidism? 
  • What is the fate of the cholecystostomy tube following percutaneous cholecystostomy? 
  • Which Cholecystectomy do Medical Students Prefer? 
  • Wound infection after cholecystectomy. Correlation between bacteria in bile and wound infection after operation on the gallbladder for acute and chronic gallstone disease. 
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  • Jowell, Paul Simon, Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Gastroenterology