TY - JOUR
T1 - Early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for people with acute cholecystitis
AU - Gurusamy, Kurinchi Selvan
AU - Davidson, Christopher
AU - Gluud, Christian
AU - Davidson, Brian R
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Gallstones are present in about 10% to 15% of the adult western population. Between 1% and 4% of these adults become symptomatic in a year (the majority due to biliary colic but a significant proportion due to acute cholecystitis). Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis is mainly performed after the acute cholecystitis episode settles because of the fear of higher morbidity and of need for conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy. However, delaying surgery exposes the people to gallstone-related complications.
AB - Gallstones are present in about 10% to 15% of the adult western population. Between 1% and 4% of these adults become symptomatic in a year (the majority due to biliary colic but a significant proportion due to acute cholecystitis). Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis is mainly performed after the acute cholecystitis episode settles because of the fear of higher morbidity and of need for conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy. However, delaying surgery exposes the people to gallstone-related complications.
U2 - 10.1002/14651858.CD005440.pub3
DO - 10.1002/14651858.CD005440.pub3
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23813477
SN - 1469-493X
VL - 6
SP - CD005440
JO - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
JF - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
ER -