Fenestrating vs reconstituting laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Sarah Bueno MotterSérgio Mazzola Poli de FigueiredoPatrícia MarcolinBruna Oliveira TrindadeGabriela R BrandaoJennifer M MoffettPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2024)
Fenestrating LSC leads to a higher incidence of postoperative bile leakage. In addition, our sensitivity analysis revealed that the fenestrating technique is associated with a higher incidence of postoperative ERCP. Further randomized trials and studies with longer-term follow-up are still necessary to better understand these techniques in the difficult gallbladder cases.