Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Children: The Experience of Two Centers Focusing on Indications and Timing in the Era of "New Technologies".
Francesca DestroUgo Maria PierucciEleonora DuranteAnna Maria CarusoVincenza GirgentiCarlotta Paola Maria CanonicaIrene DegrassiAlessandro CampariAlessandro PellegrinelliMarta BarisellaManuela NebuloniMarco BruneroElia Mario BiganzoliValeria CalcaterraGloria PelizzoPublished in: Children (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
Indications for laparoscopic cholecystectomy in children seem to evolve caused by changing characteristics of the pediatric population. Patients with overweight/obesity may develop more complex GB diseases. Asymptomatic patients should be considered for surgery after observation, considering age and/or pubertal maturation when other risk factors are absent.
Keyphrases
- risk factors
- end stage renal disease
- young adults
- weight loss
- minimally invasive
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- weight gain
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- physical activity
- coronary artery bypass
- coronary artery disease
- body mass index
- skeletal muscle
- patient reported