Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Overuse of subtotal cholecystectomy: surgeon practice patterns and outcomes in a large healthcare system.
Ramsey Michael Dallal, Samantha Ekanayake, Alec C Beekley, Sultan Mahmoud Abdelhamid, Radi F Zaki, Noah Streitfeld, Charles J Yeo
Published: 202610.1016/j.gassur.2026.102325
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Subtotal cholecystectomy (SC) is a possible bailout procedure to prevent bile duct injuries (BDIs) when a critical view of safety cannot be obtained during cholecystectomy (CC). METHODS: This retrospective study analyzed 17,299 CCs perfor…
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