Hospitals usually reduce staffing levels over weekend. This raises the question of whether patients discharged over a weekend may be inadequately prepared and possibly
Surgery for perforated peptic ulcer (PPU) is associated with high mortality in elderly patients. Existing PPU mortality risk prediction models (MRPM) lack simplicity
We sought to compare 30-day outcomes in patients undergoing emergent open and laparoscopic repair of perforated gastric ulcers in a recent, large, multicenter cohort.
Previous randomized controlled trials have suggested a laparoscopic approach to the surgical treatment of perforated peptic ulcer (PPU) is associated with a reduced len
Symptomatic cholelithiasis is common disease performed with laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). We will hesitate to operate if the patient is pregnant in the third trimester. Pregnant patients under