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| Gallbladder | |
| Appendicitis | Alvarado A. A practical score for the early diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Ann Emerg Med. 1986 May;15(5):557-64. doi: 10.1016/s0196-0644(86)80993-3. PMID: 3963537. CODA Collaborative, Flum DR, Davidson GH, et al. A Randomized Trial Comparing Antibiotics with Appendectomy for Appendicitis. N Engl J Med. 2020 Nov 12;383(20):1907-1919. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2014320. PMID: 33017106. St Peter SD, et al. Irrigation versus suction alone during laparoscopic appendectomy for perforated appendicitis: a prospective randomized trial. Ann Surg. 2012 Oct;256(4):581-5. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31826a91e5. PMID: 22964730. Salminen P, Tuominen R, Paajanen H, et al. Five-Year Follow-up of Antibiotic Therapy for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis in the APPAC Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2018 Sep 25;320(12):1259-1265. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.13201. PMID: 30264120; PMCID: PMC6233612. Sawyer RG, et al.; STOP-IT Trial Investigators. Trial of short-course antimicrobial therapy for intraabdominal infection. N Engl J Med. 2015 May 21;372(21):1996-2005. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1411162. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2018 Jan 25. PMID: 25992746; PMCID: PMC4469182. |
| Peptic Ulcer Disease | Burch JM, Cox CL, Feliciano DV, Richardson RJ, Martin RR. Management of the difficult duodenal stump. Am J Surg. 1991 Dec;162(6):522-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-9610(91)90102-j. PMID: 1670218. |
| Cholelithiasis | Hunter JG. Avoidance of bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Am J Surg. 1991 Jul;162(1):71-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-9610(91)90207-t. PMID: 1829588. Strasberg SM. Avoidance of biliary injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg. 2002;9(5):543-7. doi: 10.1007/s005340200071. PMID: 12541037. |
| Intra-abdominal Infection | Guidry CA, Sawyer RG. Short-Course Antimicrobial Therapy for Intraabdominal Infection. N Engl J Med. 2015 Oct 15;373(16):1578. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1508694. PMID: 26466002; PMCID: PMC4699292. Saunte DML, Jemec GBE. Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment. JAMA. 2017 Nov 28;318(20):2019-2032. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.16691. PMID: 29183082. |
| Pancreatitis | Bergman S, Melvin WS. Operative and nonoperative management of pancreatic pseudocysts. Surg Clin North Am. 2007 Dec;87(6):1447-60, ix. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2007.09.003. PMID: 18053841. Besselink MG, van Santvoort HC, Nieuwenhuijs VB, et al.; Dutch Acute Pancreatitis Study Group. Minimally invasive ‘step-up approach’ versus maximal necrosectomy in patients with acute necrotising pancreatitis (PANTER trial): design and rationale of a randomised controlled multicenter trial [ISRCTN13975868]. BMC Surg. 2006 Apr 11;6:6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-6-6. PMID: 16606471; PMCID: PMC1508161. Boerma D, et al. Wait-and-see policy or laparoscopic cholecystectomy after endoscopic sphincterotomy for bile-duct stones: a randomised trial. Lancet. 2002 Sep 7;360(9335):761-5. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)09896-3. PMID: 12241833. Boxhoorn L, et al. Acute pancreatitis. Lancet. 2020 Sep 5;396(10252):726-734. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31310-6. Erratum in: Lancet. 2021 Nov 6;398(10312):1686. PMID: 32891214. Branum G, Galloway J, Hirchowitz W, Fendley M, Hunter J. Pancreatic necrosis: results of necrosectomy, packing, and ultimate closure over drains. Ann Surg. 1998 Jun;227(6):870-7. doi: 10.1097/00000658-199806000-00010. PMID: 9637550; PMCID: PMC1191394. Kao LS, McCauley JS. Evidence-Based Management of Gallstone Pancreatitis. Adv Surg. 2020 Sep;54:173-189. doi: 10.1016/j.yasu.2020.04.005. PMID: 32713429. Van Buren G 2nd, Vollmer CM Jr. The Landmark Series: Mitigation of the Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Feb;28(2):1052-1059. |
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