Outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy: clinical pathway implementation is efficient and cost effective and increases hospital bed capacity

B Topal, G Peeters, A Verbert, F Penninckx - Surgical endoscopy, 2007 - Springer
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is a common surgical procedure … in surgical practice.
Although several studies have shown the safety of outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy (…

[HTML][HTML] Irrigation with bupivacaine at the surgical bed for postoperative pain relief after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

G Castillo-Garza, JA Díaz-Elizondo… - … Surgeons, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… This study demonstrates that irrigation with bupivacaine at the surgical bed in laparoscopic
cholecystectomy will significantly lower the intensity of postoperative visceral pain, as well as …

Elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy: implications of prolonged waiting times for surgery

N Lawrentschuk, PM Hewitt… - … journal of surgery, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
… subsequent admission for cholecystectomy). Based on Department of Health and Human
Services data, it costs approximately $A1038 per day to provide a surgical bed to a patient with …

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

DEM Litwin, MA Cahan - Surgical Clinics of North America, 2008 - Elsevier
… (LC) has supplanted open cholecystectomy for most gallbladder pathology. Experience
has … of Calot, well up onto the liver bed, is essential for the safe completion of the operation. …

Reduced postoperative hospitalization after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

PA Grace, A Quereshi, J Coleman… - … journal of surgery, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
… Using electrocautery the gallbladder is dissected from the gallbladder bed and removed via
… The gallbladder bed is inspected and irrigated with saline and if necessary a drain may be …

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

DO Olsen - The American journal of surgery, 1991 - Elsevier
… Once the gallbladder is off the liver bed, it can be difficult to expose the deeper recesses
of the bed. After the gallbladder is off the liver bed, the last area of the bed is checked for any …

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

GA Fielding - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
surgery. Two hundred and eleven patients had successful laparoscopic cholecystectomies,
6 open cholecystectomies … bile leaks from the gall‐bladder bed and 2 jejunal injuries (Veres …

Irrigation with bupivacaine at surgical bed for postoperative pain relief after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

N Ravishankar, AK AA, T Vasudevaiah… - International Surgery …, 2018 - ijsurgery.com
… Sixty patients who underwent elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy were prospectively …
At the surgical bed after laparoscopic cholecystectomy which was placed under Group B. In …

Laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy: a review of 56 procedures

PK Chowbey, A Sharma, R Khullar, V Mann… - … & Advanced Surgical …, 2000 - liebertpub.com
… dissection of the gallbladder from the liver bed form the basis of cholecystectomy. Subtotal
… was performed, which constituted 3.33% of the laparoscopic cholecystectomies performed at …

Low-cost laparoscopic cholecystectomy

A Champault, C Vons, I Dagher… - … of British Surgery, 2002 - academic.oup.com
… The aim of this prospective study was to propose changes that would decrease the
operating room costs of laparoscopic cholecystectomy without affecting clinical results. …