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See Latest ArticlesLaparoscopic cholecystectomy in cirrhotic patients: the value of MELD score and Child?Pugh classification in predicting outcome
Surgical Endoscopy, 07/01/09
Delis S et al. - Laparoscopic cholecystectomy can be performed safely in selected patients with cirrhosis Child–Pugh A and B and symptomatic cholelithiasis with acceptable morbidity. Some of its advantages are shorter operative time and reduced hospital stay. MELD score seems to predict morbidity more accurately than Child–Pugh classification system.
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