Prognostic factors and predictive models in hot gallbladder surgery: A prospective observational study in a high-volume center
Giovanni Domenico Tebala,
Amanda Shabana,
Mahul Patel
et al.
Abstract:Backgrounds/Aims
The standard treatment for acute cholecystitis, biliary pancreatitis and intractable biliary colics (“hot gallbladder”) is emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). This paper aims to identify the prognostic factors and create statistical models to predict the outcomes of emergency LC for “hot gallbladder.”
Methods
A prospective observational cohort study was conducted on 466 patients having an emergency LC in 17 months. Primary endpoint was “subopti… Show more
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