Background The study aims to evaluate the methodological quality of publications relating to
predicting the need of conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy and to …

Background: Preoperative risk factors for the conversion of laparoscopic cholecystectomy to
open surgery have been identified, but never been explored systematically. Our objective …

Conclusions: In the US population, gallstone disease prevalence doubled over 3 decades,
possibly because of the worsening of metabolic risk factors and growth of laparoscopic …

Background The prediction of a difficult cholecystectomy has traditionally been based on
certain pre-operative clinical and imaging factors. Most of the previous literature reported …

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a standard treatment for cholelithiasis. In situations where
laparoscopic cholecystectomy is dangerous, a surgeon may be forced to change from …

Background Few studies have used operative time as a reflection of the surgical difficulty to
create a preoperative score of operative difficulty in laparoscopic cholecystectomies (DiLCs …

Objective: To present the first report of data from the Versius Surgical Registry, a
prospective, multicenter data registry with ongoing collection across numerous surgical …

Background Current guidelines recommend laparoscopic cholecystectomy be offered for
patients with acute cholecystitis except those deemed as high risk. Few studies have …

Background Acute perforated cholecystitis (APC) is probably the most severe benign
gallbladder pathology with high rates of morbidity and mortality. The cause of APC has not …

Introducción: la colecistitis aguda es una inflamación de la pared vesicular. El tratamiento
para esta patología es netamente quirúrgico, y la colecistectomía laparoscópica es el …