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HOW TO PERFORM SAFELY CHOLECYSTECTOMY FOR ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS

NCT05744999 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 3

Last updated 2023-03-03

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Summary

The aim of this manuscript is to illustrate a new method permitting safe cholecystectomy in terms of complications with respect to the common bile duct (CBD).

The core of this new technique is identification of the continuity of the cystic duct with the infundibulum. The cystic duct can be identified between the inner gallbladder wall and inflamed outer wall.

In the last 2 years, 3 patients have been treated with the reported technique without complications.

Among the various cholecystectomy procedures, this is a new approach that ensures the safety of the structures of Calot's triangle while providing the advantages gained from total removal of the gallbladder.

Conditions

  • Cholecystectomy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Coconut technique

We recently developed a simple but effective laparoscopic technique to approach and ligate the cystic duct in cases of difficult acute cholecystitis. Three to four centimeters of the inflamed gallbladder wall was then cut using an electrocautery hook. An incision was made in a safe zone at the junction of the infundibulum and the body of the gallbladder. The separation between the outer layer and inner layer was searched. This clear identification of the confluence between the cystic duct and the body of the gallbladder represents the way to determine if the procedure was safely completed using the current technique. After successful identification, the cystic duct was clipped. The gallbladder can then be lifted and turned over, leaving the unidentified CBD untouched, and cholecystectomy can be carefully performed as usual. The inflamed posterior wall remained attached to the gallbladder bed of the liver.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Catania

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-01-01
Primary Completion
2022-12-01
Completion
2023-02-01

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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