A meta-analysis of the use of intraoperative cholangiography; time to revisit our approach to cholecystectomy?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite some evidence of improved survival with intraoperative cholangiography during cholecystectomy, debate has raged about its benefit, in part because of its questionable benefit, time, and resources required to complete.

Methods

An International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews-registered (ID CRD42018102154) meta-analysis following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines using PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane library from 2003 to 2018 was undertaken including search strategy "intraoperative AND cholangiogra* AND cholecystectomy." Articles scoring ≥ 16 for comparative and ≥ 10 for noncomparative using the Methodological Index for Non-Randomized Studies criteria were included. A dichotomous random

SUBMITTER: Donnellan E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8076912 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature