… laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), we have considered it timely to review the subject to
identify the risk … The combination of patient- and disease-related risk factors increases the …

… Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the operation of choice in the treatment of symptomatic
gallstone disease. The aim of this study is to identify risk factors for LC, outcomes include …

… try to determine if laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a more-… cholecystectomy in highrisk
patients. One would assume that in patients in good health undergoing elective cholecystectomy …

… patients who required conversion to laparotomy were compared to those with successful
laparoscopic cholecystectomy. … patients about the risk of conversion from laparoscopic to open …

… risk factors for perioperative complications in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy
… This study aimed to determine risk factors that can be used for predicting perioperative …

… We examined our computer database of patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy
and retrospectively analysed the data of our first 1,000 consecutive patients operated on …

… Identifying preoperative patient-related factors, anticipating the need to convert from
laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open surgery, can help identify high-risk patients and redefine …

… findings, we have recently allowed only our senior surgeons to perform laparoscopic
cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis patients, especially those who have the above risk factors. …

… trial of laparoscopic dissection.23, 57, 58 Low risk patients … -risk patients. Surgical residents
operating without the supervision of an experienced surgeon need to identify low-risk patients…

… laparoscopic cholecystectomy on … patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy into
a central computerized database. On July 1999, the number of laparoscopic cholecystectomy …