Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cholecystectomy compared with observation/conservative management for preventing recurrent symptoms and complications in adults presenting with uncomplicated symptomatic gallstones or cholecystitis: a systematic review and economic evaluation

Is single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy safe? Results of a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2013) Alberto Arezzo et al.   SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES

Laparoendoscopic single-site cholecystectomy versus conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

(2012) Dong Wang et al.   ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Randomized clinical trial of single-port, minilaparoscopic and conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy

(2012) S. Saad et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Non-operative management of acute cholecystitis in the elderly

(2012) E. A. McGillicuddy et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Epidemiology of Gallbladder Disease: Cholelithiasis and Cancer

(2012) Laura M. Stinton et al.   Gut and Liver

Evidence-Based Current Surgical Practice: Calculous Gallbladder Disease

(2012) Casey B. Duncan et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY

Diagnosis and management of gallbladder calculus disease

(2012) Malte Schmidt et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Persistent and de novo symptoms after cholecystectomy: a systematic review of cholecystectomy effectiveness

(2012) Mark P. Lamberts et al.   SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES

Post-cholecystectomy symptoms were caused by persistence of a functional gastrointestinal disorder

(2012) Malte Schmidt   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Hospital volume and patient outcomes after cholecystectomy in Scotland: retrospective, national population based study

(2012) E. M. Harrison et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

A Randomized Controlled Study of Uncomplicated Gallstone Disease with a 14-Year Follow-Up Showed that Operation Was the Preferred Treatment

(2011) Malte Schmidt et al.   DIGESTIVE SURGERY

A 24-year controlled follow-up of patients with silent gallstones showed no long-term risk of symptoms or adverse events leading to cholecystectomy

(2011) Malte Schmidt et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of observation versus surgery for acute cholecystitis: Non-operative management is an option in some patients

(2011) Malte Schmidt et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Post-cholecystectomy syndrome: spectrum of biliary findings at magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography

(2010) R Girometti et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY

Targets for Current Pharmacologic Therapy in Cholesterol Gallstone Disease

(2010) Agostino Di Ciaula et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Epidemiology of Gallstones

(2010) Laura M. Stinton et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a systematic review

(2010) Stavros A. Antoniou et al.   SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES

SAGES guidelines for the clinical application of laparoscopic biliary tract surgery

(2010) D. Wayne Overby et al.   SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES

Recent NICE Guidance of interest to surgeons

(2010) Heather Stegenga et al.   ANNALS OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND

Cost-utility and value-of-information analysis of early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis

(2009) E. Wilson et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Prospective randomized trial using cost-utility analysis of earlyversusdelayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute gallbladder disease

(2009) D. A. L. Macafee et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Medicinal Treatments of Cholesterol Gallstones: Old, Current and New Perspectives

(2009) P. Portincasa et al.   CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Natural history of gallstone disease: Expectant management or active treatment? Results from a population-based cohort study

(2009) Davide Festi et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY

A Comprehensive Review of Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) and Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) Techniques for Cholecystectomy

(2009) Ronald Scott Chamberlain et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY

Conversion after laparoscopic cholecystectomy in England

(2009) M. Ballal et al.   SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES

Cost-minimization analysis in a blind randomized trial on small-incision versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy from a societal perspective: sick leave outweighs efforts in hospital savings

(2009) Frederik Keus et al.   Trials

Various Techniques for the Surgical Treatment of Common Bile Duct Stones: A Meta Review

(2009) Abolfazl Shojaiefard et al.   Gastroenterology Research and Practice

A review of the management of gallstone disease and its complications in pregnancy

(2008) R.S. Date et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY

One Thousand Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies in a Single Surgical Unit Using the “Critical View of Safety” Technique

(2008) C. Avgerinos et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY

Iatrogenic biliary injury: 13,305 cholecystectomies experienced by a single surgical team over more than 13 years

(2008) O. Tantia et al.   SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES

Incidence of gallstone disease in Italy: Results from a multicenter, population-based Italian study (the MICOL project)

(2008) Davide Festi et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Open cholecystectomy in the laparoendoscopic era

(2007) Brendan C. Visser et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY