Impact on Survival by Surgical Approach to Simple Cholecystectomy in T1a Gallbladder Tumors

Open versus laparoscopic surgery in the management of patients with gallbladder cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Preoperative metastasis was reported in three of the fourteen studies, 12,26,27 of which two patients (1.4%) had preoperative metastasis. Pathological findings of tumors were reported in four studies, 13,27,31,33 and 96.6% (n = 68) of the tumors showed adenocarcinoma. The indications for gallbladder resection, irrespective of treatment group, were cholelithiasis in 233 patients among nine studies 13,[26][27][28]30,31,[33][34][35] and cholecystitis in sixty patients among four studies.…”

“…Pathological findings of tumors were reported in four studies, 13,27,31,33 and 96.6% (n = 68) of the tumors showed adenocarcinoma. The indications for gallbladder resection, irrespective of treatment group, were cholelithiasis in 233 patients among nine studies 13,[26][27][28]30,31,[33][34][35] and cholecystitis in sixty patients among four studies. 13,27,30,31 Of the 1792 patients, 1052 patients underwent LS in comparison to 740 patients that underwent OS.…”