Timing of early laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute calculous cholecystitis: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

Abstract Background Early cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis has proved to reduce hospital length of stay but with no benefit in morbidity when compared to delayed surgery. However, in the literature, early timing refers to cholecystectomy performed up to 96 h of admission or up to 1 week of th...

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Main Authors: Giuseppe Borzellino, Safi Khuri, Michele Pisano, Subhi Mansour, Niccolò Allievi, Luca Ansaloni, Yoram Kluger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:World Journal of Emergency Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-021-00360-5