Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Conversion Rates Two Decades Later

A Prospective Analysis of 1518 Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies

1991 • 1,411 citations

Complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A national survey of 4,292 hospitals and an analysis of 77,604 cases

1993 • 1,373 citations

Laparoscopic versus open cholecystectomy for patients with symptomatic cholecystolithiasis

2006 • 591 citations

Gallstones and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

1993 • 515 citations

The learning curve for laparoscopic cholecystectomy

1995 • 468 citations

Mortality and Complications Associated with Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

1996 • 400 citations

A nationwide study of conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy

2004 • 372 citations

Surgical Rates and Operative Mortality for Open and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Maryland

1994 • 365 citations

Bile duct injury in the era of laparoscopic cholecystectomy

2006 • 347 citations

Randomized clinical trial of open versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the treatment of acute cholecystitis

2004 • 215 citations

Identification and Categorization of Technical Errors by Observational Clinical Human Reliability Assessment (OCHRA) During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

2004 • 191 citations

Outcomes analysis of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the extremely elderly

2001 • 183 citations

Factors Affecting Conversion of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy to Open Surgery

1996 • 167 citations

Impact of laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a population-based study

2000 • 157 citations

Risk Factors for Conversion to Open Surgery in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

2006 • 145 citations

Conversions During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Risk Factors and Effects on Patient Outcome

2006 • 137 citations

Reasons for Conversion From Laparoscopic to Open Cholecystectomy

2002 • 135 citations

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with previous upper or lower abdominal surgery

2004 • 132 citations

Pre-operative prediction of difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy using clinical and ultrasonographic parameters.

2005 • 116 citations

Gallstones and laparoscopic cholecystectomy

1993 • 115 citations

The Learning Curve for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

1994 • 106 citations

Male gender: Risk factor for severe symptomatic cholelithiasis

2002 • 87 citations

The tail of the learning curve for laparoscopic cholecystectomy

2001 • 87 citations

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Elderly Patients

2009 • 63 citations

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

1991 • 62 citations

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1995 • 51 citations

Training for laparoscopic surgery

1993 • 46 citations

Laparoscopic Training in Residency Program

1996 • 39 citations

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in elderly patients.

2008 • 38 citations

Lest We Forget the Surgeon

2003 • 33 citations

Laparoscopic splenectomy

2002 • 31 citations

Bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

1993 • 26 citations

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1999 • 21 citations

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2009 • 13 citations