Antegrade cholecystectomy before ligating the elements. A technique that reduces complications.

CONCLUSIONS: Gallbladder antegrade dissection for laparoscopic cholecystectomy may be an easier approach and may reduce the time of surgery. So it may be used as the standard procedure and not only be used for complicated cholecystectomies. KEY WORDS: Difficult cholecystectomy, Laparoscopy, Antegrade dissection, Cholecystectomy, Cholecystitis, Fundus first. PMID: 31182702 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31182702?dopt=Abstract

Source: Annali Italiani di Chirurgia - June 13, 2019 Category: Surgery Tags: Ann Ital Chir Source Type: research