Ke Gong, MD, Yankai Zhang, MD, Nengwei Zhang, MD, Dexiao Du, MD. Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University. Background: Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (LC) is the worldwide gold standard operation for gallstone disease. The use of LC in the patients with hypercoagulable state who suffered from gall stones may pose problems because of the comorbid conditions that […]
Brett D Mador, BSc, MD, O Neely M Panton, MB, BS, FRCSC, FACS, S Morad Hameed, MD, MPH, FRCSC, FACS. University of British Columbia, Division of General Surgery. INTRODUCTION: The recommended treatment for patients with mild acute biliary pancreatitis is early cholecystectomy performed during the index admission. However, the data is less clear in regards […]
Ziad T Awad, MD, FACS, Justin C McCarty, BS, Michael Herman, DO, FACP, Jose Nieto, DO, FACP. University of Florida – Jacksonville. BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pancreatic stents placed by ERCP are common in the treatment of benign and malignant pancreatic and biliary disease. Proximal migration of the stent into the duct occurs in 2% to […]
G Peralta, MD, E Ortiz, md, A Topete, Z Del Real, A Palomo, MD, Alex Rodriguez, MD. Hospital Metropolitano “Bernardo Sepulveda “. Purpose: report and describe a safe approach to laparoscopic cholecystectomy and Intraoperative Cholangiography in patients with situs inversus totalis and biliary pancreatitis. Case: 50-years old female with 1 year with history of abdominal […]
Yoo Shin Choi, MD, Hyun Gang, md. Chung-Ang University Hospital. Objective: The aim of this randomized, double-blind study trial was to evaluate the effect of intraperitoneal (IP) lidocaine instillation and intravenous (IV) lidocaine infusion on postoperative pain control after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Methods: Seventy-two patients who underwent LC were randomly assigned to 3 groups: Group […]