Timing of early laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute calculous cholecystitis revised: Protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis of results

Abstract Background Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been adopted as the treatment of choice for acute cholecystitis due to a shorter hospital length of stay and no increased morbidity when compared to delayed cholecystectomy. However, randomised studies and meta-analysis report a wide array o...

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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 2020-01-01
Series:World Journal of Emergency Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-019-0285-7