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Peer review report 1 on “Open versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis. Systematic review and meta-analysis”
International Journal of Surgery 13 Supplement 1 (2015) S36
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Peer review report
Peer review report 1 on “Open versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis. Systematic review and meta-analysis” 1. Original submission 1.1. Recommendation Accept.
to confidently go ahead with lap. Cholecystectomy even in acute setting without any hesitation. Regarding suggestion about revising Tokyo guidelines in order to assess the risk in relation to the patient conditions and not only to the AC severity, this is really a valid observation. In fact this point is raised in many other studies as well.
1.2. Comments to the author Although good number of studies do exist about lap. Cholecystectomy usually regarding early vs delayed but this meta-analysis has chosen a different subject, lap. vs open in acute cholecystitis. The conventional opinion in regarding this hot issue goes in favour of open, citing different reasons as highlighted by authors. This meta-analysis disproves such beliefs and this one can help surgeons
DOI of published article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.04.083. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.06.005 1743-9191
Mudassir Maqbool Wani, M.D, MRCS, Associate professor King Khalid University, Surgery, 132, Green Lane Hafiz Colony, Peerbagh, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir 190014, India E-mail addresses: [email protected], [email protected]. Available online
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
International Journal of Surgery journal homepage: www.journal-surgery.net
Peer review report
Peer review report 1 on “Open versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis. Systematic review and meta-analysis” 1. Original submission 1.1. Recommendation Accept.
to confidently go ahead with lap. Cholecystectomy even in acute setting without any hesitation. Regarding suggestion about revising Tokyo guidelines in order to assess the risk in relation to the patient conditions and not only to the AC severity, this is really a valid observation. In fact this point is raised in many other studies as well.
1.2. Comments to the author Although good number of studies do exist about lap. Cholecystectomy usually regarding early vs delayed but this meta-analysis has chosen a different subject, lap. vs open in acute cholecystitis. The conventional opinion in regarding this hot issue goes in favour of open, citing different reasons as highlighted by authors. This meta-analysis disproves such beliefs and this one can help surgeons
DOI of published article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.04.083. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.06.005 1743-9191
Mudassir Maqbool Wani, M.D, MRCS, Associate professor King Khalid University, Surgery, 132, Green Lane Hafiz Colony, Peerbagh, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir 190014, India E-mail addresses: [email protected], [email protected]. Available online