'Hot gall bladder service' by emergency general surgeons: Is this safe and feasible? | Zendy

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'Hot gall bladder service' by emergency general surgeons: Is this safe and feasible?

Author(s) -

Mohammad Imtiaz,

Samip Prakash,

Sara Iqbal,

Roland Fernandes,

Ankur Shah,

Ashish K. Shrestha,

Sanjoy Basu

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of minimal access surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 0972-9941

pISSN - 1998-3921

DOI - 10.4103/jmas.jmas_271_20

Subject(s) - medicine , cholecystitis , observational study , general surgery , pancreatitis , surgery , nice , cholecystectomy , gallbladder , computer science , programming language

Despite NICE/AUGIS recommendations, the practice of early laparoscopic cholecystectomy (ELC) has been particularly poor in the UK offered only by 11%-20% surgeons as compared to 33%-67% internationally, possibly due to financial constraints, logistical difficulties and shortage of expertise, thus, reflecting the varied provision of emergency general surgical care. To assess whether emergency general surgeons (EGS) could provide a 'Hot Gall Bladder Service' (HGS) with an acceptable outcome.

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