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                                                                <journal-id>eur res j</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>The European Research Journal</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2149-3189</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Prusa Medical Publishing</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18621/eurj.1118832</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Surgery</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Cerrahi</subject>
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                                                                                                                                                            <article-title>A prospective observational study on cystic stump closure during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: silk sutures (intra-corporeal ligation) or locking clips (Hem-o-Lok®)</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-2094</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Yeni</surname>
                                    <given-names>Mustafa</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Department of General Surgery, Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6977-1757</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Kalaycı</surname>
                                    <given-names>Tolga</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Department of General Surgery, Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University Faculty of Medicine, Ağrı, Turkey</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20220904">
                    <day>09</day>
                    <month>04</month>
                    <year>2022</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>8</volume>
                                        <issue>5</issue>
                                        <fpage>695</fpage>
                                        <lpage>701</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20220520">
                        <day>05</day>
                        <month>20</month>
                        <year>2022</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20220816">
                        <day>08</day>
                        <month>16</month>
                        <year>2022</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2015, The European Research Journal</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2015</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>The European Research Journal</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                                        <abstract><p>Objectives: The present study compares the clinicopathological features and outcomes of two cystic stump closure techniques (locking clips and intra-corporeal ligation with silk sutures) during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Methods: This study was conducted in a tertiary health centre as a prospective observational study between October 5, 2021, and February 15, 2022. For randomisation, double rows of silk sutures were used to close the cystic stump in patients on the odd-numbered day of the month (Group 1). In contrast, a single-row locking clip (Hem-o-Lok®) (Group 2) was used to close the cystic stump in patients on the even-numbered day of the month. The study was terminated when at least 50 patients were reached in both groups. The clinicopathological differences and cholecystectomy outcomes were compared between the groups.Results: This observational study included 114 patients. Of the study cohort, 87 (76.3%) were female, and the mean age was 46.54 ± 14.74 years. There were 64 (56.1%) patients in Group 1 and 50 (43.9%) patients in Group 2. Preoperative ERCP requirement was higher in Group 1 (15.6% vs 4%, p = 0.045), while the mean operation room time was longer in Group 2 (p = 0.015). Morbidity rates were similar in the two groups (3.1% vs 2%) (p &amp;gt; 0.05). Conclusions: Cystic stump closure is the essential step of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. According to the present study’s results, silk sutures (intra-corporeal ligation) and locking clips (Hem-o-Lok®) are materials that can be used safely to close a cystic stump.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Cholecystectomy</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  clips</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  cystic duct</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  laparoscopy</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  morbidity</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  suture.</kwd>
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