Publications by authors named "Rahul Dhar"

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  • A retrospective study was conducted in India to compare robotic cholecystectomy (RC) with laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in patients with gallstone disease, collecting data from 100 cases performed by a single surgeon from January 2020 to September 2023.* -
  • The results showed no significant differences in conversion rates, intraoperative complications, or length of hospital stay between the two groups, but the robotic group had lower pain scores and opioid use post-surgery.* -
  • The study concluded that robotic cholecystectomy is feasible and does not increase morbidity compared to laparoscopic surgery, demonstrating potential advantages in postoperative pain management.*
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African consumers have purchased increasing amounts of processed food over the past 50 years. The opportunity cost of time of women and men has increased as more of them work outside the home, driving them to buy processed food and food prepared away from home to save arduous home-processing and preparation labor. In the past several decades, this trend has accelerated with a surge on the supply side of the processing sector and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and large private companies making massive aggregate investments.

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