Background Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the standard surgical treatment for
benign gallbladder disease. Nevertheless, conversion to open cholecystectomy (OC) is …

Background Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy (ELC) is the gold standard treatment for
patients with acute calculous cholecystitis (ACC); however, it is still related to significant …

Background Laparoscopic cholecystectomy operative difficulty is highly variable and
influences outcomes. This systematic review analyzes the performance and clinical value of …

Background Acute cholecystitis (AC), frequently responsible for presentation to the
emergency department, requires expedient diagnosis and definitive treatment by a general …

Background Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) plays an important
role in the treatment of elderly patients and/or patients in poor health with acute cholecystitis …

Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is one of the most common abdominal
operations. The difficult cases are still challenging for surgeons. There had been many …

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is one of the first laparoscopic procedures performed by
surgical trainees. This study aims to determine preoperative and/or intraoperative predictors …

Background Our aim is to determine the relationships among patient demographics, patient
history, surgical experience, and conversion rate (CR) during elective laparoscopic …

This systematic review aims to review articles that evaluate the risk of conversion from
laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy and to analyze the identified preoperative and …

Background Although LC is a common operation, difficult cases are still challenging. Several
studies have identified factors for the difficulty and conversion. Many scoring systems have …