Publications by authors named "H Nourallah"

Background/purpose: Cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis are common complications of sickle cell disease (SCD). With the recent advances in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), which has been used successfully for the management of cholelithiasis in children who have SCD, exclusion of choledocholithiasis before LC is of great importance.

Methods: Eighteen children who had SCD, cholelithiasis, and choledocholithiasis were treated at our hospital.

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Twenty-one consecutive laparoscopic cholecystectomies (LC) were compared with 29 consecutive open cholecystectomies (OC). Sickle-cell disease (SCD) was the most common reason for cholecystectomy in both groups. The average length of operative time for LC was significantly longer than that of OC (P=0.

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