Complication Rate after Carotid Endarterectomy Comparing Patch Angioplasty and Primary Closure.

Background: Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) reduces the risk for stroke in patients with internal carotid artery stenosis. The optimal surgical technique remains subject of debate. Literature suggests patch angioplasty reduces complication risk.

Mini-laparoscopic versus conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Several studies have reported faster recoveries, lower pain scores, and superior cosmetic results after mini-laparoscopic cholecystectomy (MLC). The purpose of this study was to perform a randomized controlled trial, comparing MLC with conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC).

Subjects And Methods: Forty-one patients with symptomatic cholecystolithiasis were randomized between the two groups: 23 having undergone LC and 18 MLC.

Surgical management of acute cholecystitis: results of a 2-year prospective multicenter survey in Belgium.

Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is considered nowadays as the standard management of acute cholecystitis (AC). However, results from multicentric studies in the general surgical community are still lacking.

Methods: A prospective multicenter survey of surgical management of AC patients was conducted over a 2-year period in Belgium.