Journal of Surgery

Marius Moraru

Publications

• Review Article
  Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Cirrhotic Patients
  Author(s): Marius MoraruMarius Moraru
  
  Background: Cholelithiasis is very common in cirrhotic patients (15-30%), occurring 1 to 3 times more often than in general population. The presence of cirrhosis, hepatocellular failure and/or portal hypertension increases the risk of postoperative complications in any type of surgery, especially biliary. Methods: A review of the literature over the last 8 years (2005-2013) was performed by searching the Medline database using the following keywords “Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy” and “cirrhosis”. We selected 11 studies that were considered well-documented and contained comparable data. We analyze the demographics, cholecystectomy indication and duration, incidence of perioperative complications and time of hospitalization in cirrhotic and noncirrhotic patients... Read More»
  

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