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Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy is safe and feasible for acute cholecystitis with the additional benefit of shorter total hospital stay. Apart from a shorter operating time, treating patients with delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy does not offer additional benefit.

Both laparoscopic-assisted resection and open surgery affect the immune response. It would appear that laparoscopic-assisted resection does not have an immunologic advantage over open surgery in patients with colorectal cancer.

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