TY - JOUR
T1 - Cholecystectomy
T2 - From langenbuch to natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery
AU - Soper, Nathaniel J.
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Going from an unheard of procedure in 1988 to one where numerous case series had been published by 1992, the adoption rate of this technology in the United States was unprecedented. In 1992, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) organized a consensus development conference entitled “Gallstones and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy,” which was sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and the NIH office of Medical Applications of Research. At the conclusion of the conference, it was determined that laparoscopic cholecystectomy “provides a safe and effective treatment for patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis … laparoscopic cholecystectomy provides distinct advantages over open cholecystectomy…” but that “the outcome of laparoscopic cholecystectomy is influenced greatly by the training, experience, skill, and judgment of the surgeon performing the procedure” []. It was also in 1992 that the first of several small prospective randomized trials comparing laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy was published. Each of these trials showed that the laparoscopic approach was associated with less pain, shorter hospitalization, and more rapid return to full activity []. Coincidentally, 1992 was also the year in which publication of a large series of laparoscopic cholecystectomies first suggested that this technique may become the new “gold standard” for performance of the operation [].
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - Gallstones have led to pain and complications in humankind for millennia. Beginning in the 1880s, cholecystectomy, performed through a sizable abdominal incision, was the treatment of choice for symptomatic cholelithiasis. During the late 1980s pioneering surgeons first used laparoscopic techniques to remove the gallbladder. Although initially associated with a significantly increased rate of bile duct injury, the clinical advantages of laparoscopy compared to open operation became readily apparent, ushering in the "laparoscopic revolution." More recently, attempts at rendering cholecystectomy even less invasive-smaller or fewer incisions or eliminating abdominal incisions altogether-have been described, with limited clinical series reported. At the current time, laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard for gallbladder removal, and any newer techniques must be demonstrated to result in superior outcomes for widespread adoption.
AB - Gallstones have led to pain and complications in humankind for millennia. Beginning in the 1880s, cholecystectomy, performed through a sizable abdominal incision, was the treatment of choice for symptomatic cholelithiasis. During the late 1980s pioneering surgeons first used laparoscopic techniques to remove the gallbladder. Although initially associated with a significantly increased rate of bile duct injury, the clinical advantages of laparoscopy compared to open operation became readily apparent, ushering in the "laparoscopic revolution." More recently, attempts at rendering cholecystectomy even less invasive-smaller or fewer incisions or eliminating abdominal incisions altogether-have been described, with limited clinical series reported. At the current time, laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard for gallbladder removal, and any newer techniques must be demonstrated to result in superior outcomes for widespread adoption.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00268-011-1063-1
DO - 10.1007/s00268-011-1063-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 21437744
AN - SCOPUS:80051551800
SN - 0364-2313
VL - 35
SP - 1422
EP - 1427
JO - World journal of surgery
JF - World journal of surgery
IS - 7
ER -