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Mesh at subcostal closure cut hernia from 38% to 8% in one trial; a transanal tube may help only without a stoma

A double-blind trial of prophylactic mesh after open hepatobiliary surgery, a Cochrane review that splits the transanal tube by stoma status, and two observational studies on leak training and robotic complex cholecystectomy.

5 findings · 6 min

22 Sep

Fluorescence during cholecystectomy tracks with a 38% lower bile duct injury rate across 1.27 million operations

The largest dataset yet on indocyanine green cholangiography finds less common bile duct injury, less conversion and fewer biliary reinterventions — though it is a cohort, not a trial. Robotic cholecystectomy earns its place in the difficult gallbladder rather than the easy one, at about $2,200 a case. And a single 0.2 mg intrathecal injection matches a wound catheter after Whipple.

4 findings · 7 min