Open AccessMultivariate Comparison of Complications After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Open Cholecystectomy
Author(s) -
G. Jatzko,
P Lisborg,
A. Pertl,
Haro Stettner
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199504000-00008
Subject(s) - medicine , cholecystectomy , complication , surgery , bile duct , multivariate analysis , common bile duct , gallbladder disease , cholecystitis , general surgery , logistic regression , gallbladder
To answer the question whether laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) or open cholecystectomy (OC) is safer in terms of complications, the authors evaluated complications relating to 1440 cholecystectomies performed by the same surgeons in a retrospective study.