Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
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Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. · Feb 2009
ReviewSystematic review: open, small-incision or laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholecystolithiasis.
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the method of choice for gallbladder removal, although evidence of superiority over open and small-incision cholecystectomy is lacking. ⋯ No significant differences in mortality and complications were found among all three techniques. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and small-incision cholecystectomy are preferred over open cholecystectomy for quicker convalescence. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and small-incision cholecystectomy show no clear differences on patient outcomes.
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Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. · Feb 2009
ReviewSystematic review: open, small-incision or laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholecystolithiasis.
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the method of choice for gallbladder removal, although evidence of superiority over open and small-incision cholecystectomy is lacking. ⋯ No significant differences in mortality and complications were found among all three techniques. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and small-incision cholecystectomy are preferred over open cholecystectomy for quicker convalescence. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and small-incision cholecystectomy show no clear differences on patient outcomes.