Tokyo Guidelines 2013 may be too restrictive and patients with moderate and severe acute cholecystitis can be managed by early cholecystectomy too.

Amirthalingam, Vinoban; Low, Jee Keem; Woon, Winston; Shelat, Vishalkumar G.

doi:10.1007/s00464-016-5300-4

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Tokyo Guidelines 2013 may be too restrictive and patients with moderate and severe acute cholecystitis can be managed by early cholecystectomy too.

Author(s): Vinoban Amirthalingam ¹ , Jee Keem Low ² , Winston Woon ² , Vishalkumar Shelat ²

Publication date (Electronic): July 2017

Journal: Surgical endoscopy

Publisher: Springer Nature America, Inc

Keywords: Acute cholecystitis, Body mass index, Delayed cholecystectomy, Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Gallbladder drainage, Percutaneous cholecystostomy, Subtotal cholecystectomy, Tokyo Guidelines

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The aim of this study was to determine whether early laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is safe and feasible for patients diagnosed with moderate (grade 2) and severe (grade 3) acute cholecystitis (AC) according to the Tokyo Guidelines 2013 (TG13).

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Surg Endosc

Title: Surgical endoscopy

Publisher: Springer Nature America, Inc

ISSN (Electronic): 1432-2218

ISSN (Print): 0930-2794

Publication date (Electronic): July 2017

Volume: 31

Issue: 7

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[1 ] Division of General Surgery-HPB, Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Annex 1, Level 4 General Surgery Office, Singapore, Singapore. vinoban.amirthalingam@mohh.com.sg.

[2 ] Division of General Surgery-HPB, Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Annex 1, Level 4 General Surgery Office, Singapore, Singapore.

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Publisher Item ID: 10.1007/s00464-016-5300-4

DOI: 10.1007/s00464-016-5300-4

PubMed ID: 27804044

SO-VID: e62d8aab-6461-4e45-9fe2-3237726ce0d9

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Keywords: Body mass index,Tokyo Guidelines,Subtotal cholecystectomy,Percutaneous cholecystostomy,Gallbladder drainage,Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy,Delayed cholecystectomy,Acute cholecystitis

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Keywords: Body mass index, Tokyo Guidelines, Subtotal cholecystectomy, Percutaneous cholecystostomy, Gallbladder drainage, Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Delayed cholecystectomy, Acute cholecystitis

Tokyo Guidelines 2013 may be too restrictive and patients with moderate and severe acute cholecystitis can be managed by early cholecystectomy too.

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