TY - JOUR
AU - Morino, M
AB - Abstract The Editors welcome topical correspondence from readers relating to articles published in the Journal. Responses can be sent electronically via the BJS website (www.bjs.co.uk) or by post. All letters will be reviewed and, if approved, appear on the website. A selection of these will be edited and published in the Journal. Letters must be no more than 250 words in length. Letters submitted by post should be typed on A4-sized paper in double spacing and should be accompanied by a disk. Sir The authors conclude that use of ultrasonic dissection in laparoscopic cholecystectomy reduces the incidence of gallbladder perforation. They report a 50 per cent perforation rate in the electrocautery group versus 16 per cent in the ultrasonic dissection group. In our series of 3963 laparoscopic cholcystectomies performed by electrocautery at the University of Turin we reported a 15 per cent rate of gallbladder perforation, a rate well within the literature range1, and strictly comparable to the rate reported in the ultrasonic dissection group in the article. A 50 per cent rate of gallbladder perforation is highly unusual and therefore does not allow the authors to state that ultrasonic dissection is the technique of choice for dissection of the gallbladder. References 1 Neugebaur E , Troidl H, Kum CK, Eyepasch E, Miserez M, Paul A. The EAES Consensus Development Conferences on laparoscopic cholecystectomy, appendectomy and hernia repair: Consensus Statements, September . Surg Endosc 1995 ; 9 : 550 – 563 . Google Scholar PubMed OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat Copyright © 2003 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model) Copyright © 2003 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
TI - Letter 1: Randomized clinical trial of ultrasonic versus electrocautery dissection of the gallbladder in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (Br J Surg 2003; 90: 799-803)
JO - British Journal of Surgery
DO - 10.1002/bjs.4419
DA - 2003-09-22
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/letter-1-randomized-clinical-trial-of-ultrasonic-versus-electrocautery-SuVsSg2Acc
SP - 1306
EP - 1306
VL - 90
IS - 10
DP - DeepDyve
ER -