-Actual_Problems_of_Emergency_Abdominal_Surgery-_ed._by_Dmitry_Victorovich_Garbuzenko

The intestinal pseudo-obstruction can affect small or large bowel and it may be possible to differentiate the syndromes with acu ...

ment require surgery. The choice of surgical procedure is indicated by intraoperative patho‐ logical findings: tube cecostomy, s ...

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Chapter 3 Risk Factors and Predictive Models for Conversion of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy to Open Surgery, and Surgical Qualit ...

Keywords: laparoscopic cholecystectomy, conversion to open surgery, risk factors, predictive models, intra-abdominal organ injur ...

The aim of this chapter is to review risk factors and predictive models for CTO, and surgical quality outcome measures. 2. Lapar ...

serious morbidity (3.8 versus 14.9%, P < 0.0001), overall morbidity (6.0 versus 21.8%, P < 0.0001) and mortality (0.5 vers ...

A. Local signs of inflammation, etc.: (1) Murphy’s sign, (2) RUQ mass/pain/tenderness B. Systemic signs of inflammation, etc.: ( ...

have a higher CTO rate and require a longer operation time [31]. Two-stage LC male patients have a three times higher rate of CT ...

The longer the duration of untreated AC, the greater is the risk for CTO [27]. Asai et al. showed that 12 of 29 (41.4%) patients ...

Thickened gallbladder wall on ultrasound (US) of the upper abdomen is associated with CTO [25, 28 ]. The risk of CTO doubles wit ...

specificity of 57%. CRP as a predictor of CTO has the area under receiver operating charac‐ teristic curve (AUC) of 67% [37]. An ...

Intense inflammatory infiltrate in the Calot’s triangle makes identification of the cystic duct and cystic artery very challengi ...

CTO is performed when open CBD exploration and stone clearance is required provided CBD stones cannot be removed laparoscopicall ...

RSCLO can take a value between −20 and 41. An operation with RSCLO exceeding −3 is considered difficult [84]. Goonawardena et al ...

Procedures or operations performed for treatment of complications are procedures performed for complications during the index ho ...