Bariatric surgery for adults and adolescents is seen as a positive option for the on-going obesity epidemic in the United States. The factors beyond the operating room including social and psychological support are critical in bariatric patients, but the necessity of such support is exponential for ...
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Background: Iatrogenic perforation of the gallbladder during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is one of the most common intraoperative complications, and there is no clear consensus among surgeons on this issue and there are studies reporting the antibiotic treatment. The aim of this study is to de...
Although we can agree with some of the ideas, several missing points still need to be addressed.In a prospective randomized trial the authors concluded, with a very small sample size and using a nonstandard hybrid technique for cholecystectomy, that there is no difference between laparoscopic ...
Gallbladder surgery (cholecystectomy) entails the removal of the gallbladder, a pear-shaped organ located in the upper right side of the abdomen that storesbile. Gallbladder surgery is used to treat several gallbladder-related conditions, most commonly gallbladder inflammation (cholecystitis) fromgall...
Background: Iatrogenic perforation of the gallbladder during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is one of the most common intraoperative complications, and there is no clear consensus among surgeons on this issue and there are studies reporting the antibiotic treatment. The aim of this study is to ...
Aim: To objectively investigate laparoscopic skills acquisition, toward proficiency in laparoscopic cholecystectomy(LC) using virtual reality(VR) and to test the retainability of skills after a significant time of no training and no laparoscopic exposure. Methods: we trained 30 novices toward proficiency...