2020
Role of Prophylactic Cholecystectomy After Endoscopic Sphincterotomy for Biliary Stone Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
McCarty TR, Farrelly J, Njei B, Jamidar P, Muniraj T. Role of Prophylactic Cholecystectomy After Endoscopic Sphincterotomy for Biliary Stone Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Annals Of Surgery 2020, 273: 667-675. PMID: 32590541, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000003977.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecurrent biliary painProphylactic cholecystectomyBile duct stonesMeta-AnalysisSystematic reviewBiliary painDuct stonesCommon bile duct stonesBiliary stone diseaseSubset of patientsCochrane Library databasesRisk of mortalityConfidence intervalsRate of pancreatitisPooled effect sizeSearch of PubMedPreferred Reporting ItemsRandom-effects modelWeb of ScienceBiliary complicationsEventual cholecystectomyComplication rateEndoscopic cholangiopancreatographyEndoscopic sphincterotomyBiliary sphincterotomy
2014
Prognosis of Patients With Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma Versus Conventional Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Njei B, Konjeti VR, Ditah I. Prognosis of Patients With Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma Versus Conventional Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Gastrointestinal Cancer Research : GCR 2014, 7: 49-54. PMID: 24799971, PMCID: PMC4007676.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMean overall survivalOverall survivalFL-HCCHepatocellular carcinomaNoncirrhotic patientsSystematic reviewConventional HCCPrognosis of patientsConventional hepatocellular carcinomaFibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinomaRandom-effects modelOutcomes of interestSignificant increaseTypes of HCCLiver transplantationFibrolamellar variantHepatic resectionBetter prognosisClinical courseSurvival outcomesTherapeutic optionsCochrane LibrarySubgroup analysisEgger's testRevMan 5.1