Denver Health

Abernathy Review

Knife and Gun Club

October, 2007

Benign Biliary and Pancreatic Disease

1. Complications of cholecystectomy: risks of the laparoscopic approach and protective effects of operative cholangiography. Ann Surg 1999;229:449-457.

2. Percutaneous cholecystectomy in patients with acute cholecystitis: experience of 45 patients at a US referral center. J Am Coll Surg 2003;197:206-211.

3. A prospective study of common bile duct calculi in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Ann Surg 2004;239:28-33.

4. Routine intraoperative laparoscopic ultrasoundwith selective cholangiographyreduces bile duct complications during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. J Am Coll Surg 2001;193:272-280.

5. Routine preoperative laboratory analyses are unnecessary before elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surg Endosc 2003;17:438-441.

6. Timing of cholecystectomy for acute calculous cholecystitis: a meta-analysis. Am J Gastroenterol 2004;99:147-155.