1997
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199711000-00006
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Cholecystectomy Alleviates Acalculous Biliary Pain in Patients With a Reduced Gallbladder Ejection Fraction

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“…One hundred four studies were further excluded on initial review with reasons for exclusion noted. Forty‐six studies were included; a further 17 were excluded due to lack of a matching comparator group; 29 were included in the final quantitative analysis (Table and Figure ) …”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…One hundred four studies were further excluded on initial review with reasons for exclusion noted. Forty‐six studies were included; a further 17 were excluded due to lack of a matching comparator group; 29 were included in the final quantitative analysis (Table and Figure ) …”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Fifteen studies reported using a laparoscopic approach to cholecystectomy, the first of which was published in 1997 by Khosla et al Although a formal comparative subgroup analysis of patients undergoing laparoscopic vs conventional cholecystectomy was not performed by us, two prospective studies in low GBEF patients seemed to indicate that careful patient selection based on symptoms and imaging methods was more predictive of successful outcomes than GBEF value, even when using a laparoscopic approach …”
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“…We included all the studies in the primary analysis and performed a sensitivity analysis including only the studies that used the most restrictive cut‐off value (< 35%) 10 ,. 18–21 …”
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“…From the 21 initially retrieved studies 10 , 11 , 15–21 , 28–39 nine were suitable for analysis of the research question 10 ,. 11 , 15–21 Two studies were excluded since they used oral cholecystography 28 , 29 and five because they only studied patients with reduced GBEF or did not provide outcome data for patients with normal GBEF 34–37 ,. 39 In addition five studies were excluded because they did not provide raw data or the data were not separated for reduced or normal GBEF patients 30–33 ,.…”
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