Open AccessComparison of early and delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: Experience from a single center
Author(s) -
Rouf Gul,
Rayees Ahmad Dar,
Riyaz Ahmad Sheikh,
Nazir Ahmad Salroo,
Adnan Rashid Matoo,
Sabiya Hamid Wani
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4103/1947-2714.115783
Subject(s) - medicine , laparoscopic cholecystectomy , acute cholecystitis , general surgery , single center , cholecystectomy , center (category theory) , cholecystitis , surgery , gallbladder , chemistry , crystallography
Cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstones is mainly performed after the acute cholecystitis episode settles because of the fear of higher morbidity and conversion from laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open cholecystectomy during acute cholecystitis.