Improved outcome after laparoscopic cholecystectomy with ultrasonic dissection: a randomized multicenter trial

Autor: Anders Thorell, Arthur Jänes, Leif A. Israelsson, Gunnar Edlund, Mats Möller, Jan Dalenbäck, Yucel Cengiz
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Surgical Endoscopy. 24:624-630
ISSN: 1432-2218
0930-2794
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0649-2
Popis: In conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy, dissection with electrocautery starts at the triangle of Calot. In a randomized single-center trial, the fundus-first method (dome down) using ultrasonic dissection was faster, involved less pain or nausea, and had a shorter postoperative sick leave. This may relate to the fundus-first method or to the ultrasonic dissection. In a multicenter trial, 243 elective patients were randomized to conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy using electrocautery (n = 85) or the fundus-first method using either electrocautery (n = 81) or ultrasonic dissection (n = 77). The fundus-first method had a shorter operating time with ultrasonic dissection (58 min) than with electrocautery (74 min; p = 0.002). The fundus-first method using ultrasonic dissection compared with electrocautery or the conventional method produced less blood loss (12 vs. 53 or 36 ml; p
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