Does the surgeon's experience influence the outcome of laparoscopic treatment of common bile duct stones?
Surgeon's experience influenced operating time and type of choledochotomy closure performed but had no influence on postoperative results of the laparoscopic treatment of common bile duct stones.
Among asymptomatic, moderate- to-high CV risk subjects, hs-CRP levels were associated with severity of peripheral atherosclerosis, but these associations were not independent of traditional CV risk factors, suggesting a limited predictive role of hs-CRP for subclinical atherosclerosis.