Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery Podcast

Bonus Episode from EBRS Webinar: "Safe Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Practices, Preparation, and Prevention"

Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery Podcast

Show Notes

This Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery (EBRS) webinar was filmed January 2022, in collaboration with UNITAR. This webinar was moderated by Dr. Chad Ball and Dr. Neel Detta, and featured panelists Dr. Keith Lillemoe, Dr. Majella Doyle and Dr. Jeff Barkun. In this EBRS webinar, we discussed Safe Cholecystectomy Multi-society Practice Guideline and State of the Art Consensus Conference on Prevention of Bile Duct Injury During Cholecystectomy (Brunt et al., 2020). Links: Brunt LM, Deziel DJ, Telem DA, et al. Safe Cholecystectomy Multi-society Practice Guideline and State of the Art Consensus Conference on Prevention of Bile Duct Injury During Cholecystectomy. Ann Surg. 2020;272(1):3-23. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000003791

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