Publication Name	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Manuscript ID	72958
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Received	2021-11-06 14:35
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Retrospective Study
Article Title	Are laparoscopic cholecystectomy and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery gallbladder preserving cholecystolithotomy truly comparable? A propensity matched study
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Saif Ullah, Bao-Hong Yang, Dan Liu, Xue-Yang Lu, Zhen-Zhen Liu, Li-Xia Zhao, Ji-Yu Zhang and Bing-Rong Liu
ORCID	Author(s) ORCID Number Saif Ullah http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0064-8942 Bao-Hong Yang http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3286-1967 Dan Liu http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8313-4343 Xue-Yang Lu http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8468-8425 Zhen-Zhen Liu http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6674-5396 Li-Xia Zhao http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1114-9754 Ji-Yu Zhang http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1919-4418 Bing-Rong Liu http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6101-8675
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number Outstanding Foreign Scientist Studio Project of Henan Province GZS2020006
Corresponding Author	Bing-Rong Liu, PhD, Director, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Eastern Jianshe Road, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China. fccliubr@zzu.edu.cn
Key Words	Gallstones; Trans-rectal; Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery; Minimally invasive surgery; Gallbladder preservation; Cholecystolithotomy; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Core Tip	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the current gold standard for treating gallstones. However, long term complications of LC such as duodenogastric reflux, post cholecystectomy syndrome, bile duct injuries and an increase in colonic cancer remain largely unreported/unstudied. Some experts now advocate simple gallstone extraction with gallbladder preservation (cholecystolithotomy) in order to avoid post-cholecystectomy syndromes, bile duct injury, and its association of colon cancer. The authors’ developed pure natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery trans-rectal gallbladder preserving cholecystolithotomy technique for removal of gallbladder stones. This study compared trans-rectal gallbladder preserving cholecystolithotomy with traditional LC.
Publish Date	2022-05-25 08:33
Citation	Ullah S, Yang BH, Liu D, Lu XY, Liu ZZ, Zhao LX, Zhang JY, Liu BR. Are laparoscopic cholecystectomy and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery gallbladder preserving cholecystolithotomy truly comparable? A propensity matched study. World J Gastrointest Surg 2022; 14(5): 470-481
URL	https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v14/i5/470.htm
DOI	https://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v14.i5.470

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