Timing of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy After Mild Biliary Pancreatitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Aim: To compare the safety of cholecystectomy in early laparoscopic cholecystectomy (ELC) and delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy (DLC). Methods: We systematically searched PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library for studies that were published from January 1992 to March 2017. We included studies on patients with mild biliary pancreatitis and that reported the timing of cholecystectomy and the number of complications, readmissions, and conversion...