Adv Clin Exp Med
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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is nowadays the gold standard in the surgical treatment of cholelithiasis and gallbladder diseases. But sometimes it may be inevitable to convert it to open surgery to safely end the procedure. ⋯ Patients in the risk group should be informed by experienced laparoscopic surgeons about the potential conversion to open surgery and decision on such conversion should be made when necessary.
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Sternal dehiscence is a serious postoperative complication of cardiac surgery observed in 0.2-5% of procedures performed by median sternotomy. ⋯ Introducing a more durable sternum stabilization method with 8+ loops helped to improve conditions for bone union and reduced the risk of dehiscence. Therefore, we suggest that centers which still use 6-loop sternal closure should consider shifting to a stronger technique.