Open AccessSubtotal Cholecystectomy for “Difficult Gallbladders”
Author(s) -
Mohamed Elshaer,
Gianpiero Gravante,
Katie Thomas,
Roberto Sorge,
Salem Al-Hamali,
Hamdi Ebdewi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.1219
Subject(s) - medicine , cholecystostomy , empyema , cholecystectomy , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , general surgery , gallbladder , surgery , systematic review , common bile duct , bile duct , medline , cholecystitis , pancreatitis , political science , law
Subtotal cholecystectomy (SC) is a procedure that removes portions of the gallbladder when structures of the Calot triangle cannot be safely identified in "difficult gallbladders."
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