Single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy is associated with a higher bile duct injury rate: a review and word of caution.
Single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy is associated with a higher bile duct injury rate: a review and word of caution.
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单切口腹腔镜胆囊切除术与较高的胆管损伤率相关:回顾和警告。
DOI:
10.1097/sla.0000000000000555
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
9
通讯作者:
M. Grigg
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作者:
Sheryn Cheah;Steven Yuan;S. Mackay;M. Grigg
In their article “Single Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Is Associated With a Higher Bile Duct Injury Rate,” Joseph et al1 conclude that “There seems to be an increase in the rate of bile duct injuries during SILC when compared with historic rates during SLC.” SILC refers to single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy and SLC to standard laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Unfortunately, their study contains significant flaws, and this conclusion cannot reasonably be drawn on the basis of this piece of research. The authors performed a thorough review of electronic databases, and appropriately excluded papers with very small numbers, as the surgeons could be expected to be on the steep part of the learning curve. The authors comment that “Meta-analysis was not appropriate because of the heterogeneous nature of the included studies and the lack of a controlled comparative arm’” and this is a very reasonable comment. However, having stated that meta-analysis is not possible, it was unreasonable of the authors to then go ahead and pool the data for bile duct injuries to give the single summary statistic of a 0.72% rate of bile duct injury for SILC.Disclosure: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Copyright C 2014 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.