{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,29]],"date-time":"2026-07-29T12:45:41Z","timestamp":1785329141118,"version":"3.55.0"},"update-to":[{"DOI":"10.1002\/14651858.cd007196.pub2","type":"new_version","label":"New version","source":"publisher","updated":{"date-parts":[[2013,6,30]],"date-time":"2013-06-30T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1372550400000}}],"reference-count":54,"publisher":"Wiley","issue":"6","content-domain":{"domain":["wiley.com","cochranelibrary.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":[],"DOI":"10.1002\/14651858.cd007196.pub3","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,6,30]],"date-time":"2013-06-30T15:16:34Z","timestamp":1372605394000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":36,"title":["Early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for uncomplicated biliary colic"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"2013","author":[{"given":"Kurinchi Selvan","family":"Gurusamy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Royal Free Campus, UCL Medical School; Department of Surgery; Royal Free Hospital, Rowland Hill Street London UK NW3 2PF"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rahul","family":"Koti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Royal Free Campus, UCL Medical School; Department of Surgery; Royal Free Hospital, Rowland Hill Street London UK NW3 2PF"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giuseppe","family":"Fusai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Royal Free Campus, UCL Medical School; Department of Surgery; Royal Free Hospital, Rowland Hill Street London UK NW3 2PF"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brian R","family":"Davidson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Royal Free Campus, UCL Medical School; Department of Surgery; Royal Free Hospital, Rowland Hill Street London UK NW3 2PF"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,6,30]]},"reference":[{"issue":"9","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0001|cit1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1031","DOI":"10.1002\/bjs.6685","article-title":"Prospective randomized trial using cost-utility analysis of early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute gallbladder disease","volume":"96","author":"Macafee","year":"2009","journal-title":"British Journal of Surgery"},{"issue":"1-2","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0002|cit2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"95","DOI":"10.1159\/000085300","article-title":"Urgent laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the best management for biliary colic. A prospective randomized study of 75 cases","volume":"22","author":"Salman","year":"2005","journal-title":"Digestive Surgery"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0003|cit3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"270","DOI":"10.1159\/000329464","article-title":"A randomized controlled study of uncomplicated gallstone disease with a 14-year follow-up showed that operation was the preferred treatment","volume":"28","author":"Schmidt","year":"2011","journal-title":"Digestive Surgery"},{"issue":"7","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0004|cit4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"834","DOI":"10.1080\/gas.37.7.834.839","article-title":"Symptomatic, non-complicated gallbladder stone disease. Operation or observation? A randomized clinical study","volume":"37","author":"Vetrhus\u00a0M","year":"2002","journal-title":"Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0005|cit5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"655","DOI":"10.1002\/hep.1840210309","article-title":"The natural history of gallstones: The GREPCO experience. The GREPCO group","volume":"21","author":"Attili","year":"1995","journal-title":"Hepatology"},{"issue":"10","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0006|cit6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2338","DOI":"10.1007\/s00464-009-0338-1","article-title":"Conversion after laparoscopic cholecystectomy in England","volume":"23","author":"Ballal","year":"2009","journal-title":"Surgical Endoscopy"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0007|cit7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"103","DOI":"10.1136\/gut.33.1.103","article-title":"Longitudinal study of gall stone prevalence at necropsy","volume":"33","author":"Bates","year":"1992","journal-title":"Gut"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0008|cit8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"70","DOI":"10.1080\/003655200750024560","article-title":"Abdominal symptoms: do they predict gallstones? A systematic review","volume":"35","author":"Berger","year":"2000","journal-title":"Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0009|cit9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"703","DOI":"10.1016\/j.amjsurg.2004.08.060","article-title":"Does the correlation of acute cholecystitis on ultrasound and at surgery reflect a mirror image?","volume":"188","author":"Bingener","year":"2004","journal-title":"American Journal of Surgery"},{"key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0010|cit10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"763","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jclinepi.2007.10.007","article-title":"Trial sequential analysis reveals insufficient information size and potentially false positive results in many meta-analyses","volume":"61","author":"Brok","year":"2008","journal-title":"Journal of Clinical Epidemiology"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0011|cit11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"287","DOI":"10.1093\/ije\/dyn188","article-title":"Apparently conclusive meta-analyses may be inconclusive - Trial sequential analysis adjustment of random error risk due to repetitive testing of accumulating data in apparently conclusive neonatal meta-analyses","volume":"38","author":"Brok","year":"2009","journal-title":"International Journal of Epidemiology"},{"key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0012|cit12","unstructured":"Copenhagen Trial Unit TSA - Trial Sequential Analysis http:\/\/ctu.dk\/tsa\/"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0013|cit13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"341","DOI":"10.1002\/sim.4780060325","article-title":"Methods for combining randomized clinical trials: strengths and limitations","volume":"6","author":"DeMets","year":"1987","journal-title":"Statistics in Medicine"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0014|cit14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"177","DOI":"10.1016\/0197-2456(86)90046-2","article-title":"Meta-analysis in clinical trials","volume":"7","author":"DerSimonian","year":"1986","journal-title":"Controlled Clinical Trials"},{"issue":"12","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0015|cit15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2292","DOI":"10.1007\/s11605-009-0988-2","article-title":"The national mortality burden and significant factors associated with open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy: 1997-2006","volume":"13","author":"Dolan","year":"2009","journal-title":"Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery"},{"issue":"7109","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0016|cit16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"629","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.315.7109.629","article-title":"Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test","volume":"315","author":"Egger","year":"1997","journal-title":"BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.)"},{"issue":"9","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0017|cit17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1021-5; discuss","DOI":"10.1001\/archsurg.135.9.1021","article-title":"The spectrum and cost of complicated gallstone disease in California","volume":"135","author":"Glasgow","year":"2000","journal-title":"Archives of Surgery"},{"key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0018|cit18","unstructured":"Gluud C Nikolova D Klingenberg SL Alexakis N Als-Nielsen B Colli A Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group. About The Cochrane Collaboration (Cochrane Review Groups (CRGs)) 2013, Issue 5. Art. No.: LIVER"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0019|cit19","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"796","DOI":"10.1093\/oxfordjournals.aje.a113800","article-title":"Prevalence of gallstone disease in an Italian adult female population. Rome Group for the Epidemiology and Prevention of Cholelithiasis (GREPCO)","volume":"119","author":"GREPCO","year":"1984","journal-title":"American Journal of Epidemiology"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0020|cit20","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"904","DOI":"10.1002\/hep.1840080433","article-title":"The epidemiology of gallstone disease in Rome, Italy. Part i. Prevalence data in men. The Rome Group for the Epidemiology and Prevention of Cholelithiasis (GREPCO)","volume":"8","author":"GREPCO","year":"1988","journal-title":"Hepatology"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0021|cit21","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/14651858.CD005440.pub2","article-title":"Early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis","author":"Gurusamy","year":"2013","journal-title":"Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0022|cit22","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"734","DOI":"10.1002\/bjs.4547","article-title":"Development of symptoms and complications in individuals with asymptomatic gallstones","volume":"91","author":"Halldestam","year":"2004","journal-title":"British Journal of Surgery"},{"key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0023|cit23","unstructured":"HESonline Hospital Episode Statistics. Main procedures and interventions: 3 character http:\/\/www.hesonline.nhs.uk\/Ease\/servlet\/ContentServer?siteID=1937&categoryID=205"},{"issue":"11","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0024|cit24","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1539","DOI":"10.1002\/sim.1186","article-title":"Quantifying heterogeneity in a meta-analysis","volume":"21","author":"Higgins","year":"2002","journal-title":"Statistics in Medicine"},{"key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0025|cit25","unstructured":"Higgins JPT Green S (editors) Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions Version 5.1.0 [updated March 2011] The Cochrane Colloboration, 2011. Available from www.cochrane-handbook.org"},{"key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0026|cit26","volume-title":"International conference on harmonisation of technical requirements for registration of pharmaceuticals for human use. ICH harmonised tripartite guideline. Guideline for good clinical practice CFR & ICH Guidelines","volume":"1","author":"International Conference on Harmonisation Expert Working Group","year":"1997"},{"issue":"11","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0027|cit27","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"982","DOI":"10.7326\/0003-4819-135-11-200112040-00010","article-title":"Reported methodologic quality and discrepancies between large and small randomized trials in meta-analyses","volume":"135","author":"Kjaergard","year":"2001","journal-title":"Annals of Internal Medicine"},{"issue":"11","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0028|cit28","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"890","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1445-2197.2003.02826.x","article-title":"Elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy: implications of prolonged waiting times for surgery","volume":"73","author":"Lawrentschuk","year":"2003","journal-title":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine"},{"issue":"12","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0029|cit29","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/14651858.MR000033.pub2","article-title":"Industry sponsorship and research outcome","author":"Lundh","year":"2012","journal-title":"Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0030|cit30","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"641","DOI":"10.1002\/sim.698","article-title":"A comparison of methods to detect publication bias in meta-analysis","volume":"20","author":"Macaskill","year":"2001","journal-title":"Statistics in Medicine"},{"issue":"9128","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0031|cit31","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"609","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(98)01085-X","article-title":"Does quality of reports of randomised trials affect estimates of intervention efficacy reported in meta-analyses?","volume":"352","author":"Moher","year":"1998","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"issue":"9263","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0032|cit32","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1191","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(00)04337-3","article-title":"The CONSORT statement: revised recommendations for improving the quality of reports of parallel-group randomised trials","volume":"357","author":"Moher","year":"2001","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0033|cit33","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"837","DOI":"10.1093\/ije\/21.5.837","article-title":"Intention-to-treat analysis: implications for quantitative and qualitative research","volume":"21","author":"Newell","year":"1992","journal-title":"International Journal of Epidemiology"},{"key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0034|cit34","unstructured":"NIH NIH consensus statement on gallstones and laparoscopic cholecystectomy http:\/\/consensus.nih.gov\/1992\/1992GallstonesLaparoscopy090html.htm"},{"key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0035|cit35","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"586","DOI":"10.1002\/bjs.4831","article-title":"Role of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the early management of acute gallbladder disease","volume":"92","author":"Peng","year":"2005","journal-title":"British Journal of Surgery"},{"key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0036|cit36","unstructured":"The Nordic Cochrane Centre, The Cochrane Collaboration Review Manager (RevMan) 2012"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0037|cit37","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"591","DOI":"10.1017\/S0266462303000552","article-title":"Literature searching for randomized controlled trials used in Cochrane reviews: rapid versus exhaustive searches","volume":"19","author":"Royle","year":"2003","journal-title":"International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0038|cit38","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"466","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-9610(00)00520-1","article-title":"Consequences of delay in surgical treatment of biliary disease","volume":"180","author":"Rutledge","year":"2000","journal-title":"American Journal of Surgery"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0039|cit39","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"429","DOI":"10.7326\/0003-4819-157-6-201209180-00537","article-title":"Influence of reported study design characteristics on intervention effect estimates from randomized, controlled trials","volume":"157","author":"Savovi\u0107","year":"2012","journal-title":"Annals of Internal Medicine"},{"issue":"35","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0040|cit40","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.3310\/hta16350","article-title":"Influence of reported study design characteristics on intervention effect estimates from randomized, controlled trials","volume":"16","author":"Savovi\u0107","year":"2012","journal-title":"Health Technology Assessment"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0041|cit41","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"408","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.1995.03520290060030","article-title":"Empirical evidence of bias. Dimensions of methodological quality associated with estimates of treatment effects in controlled trials","volume":"273","author":"Schulz","year":"1995","journal-title":"JAMA"},{"issue":"22","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0042|cit42","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2573","DOI":"10.1001\/archinte.1994.00420220069008","article-title":"Revised estimates of diagnostic test sensitivity and specificity in suspected biliary tract disease","volume":"154","author":"Shea","year":"1994","journal-title":"Archives of Internal Medicine"},{"issue":"7","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0043|cit43","first-page":"662","article-title":"Risk of emergency admission while awaiting elective cholecystectomy","volume":"169","author":"Sobolev","year":"2003","journal-title":"Canadian Medical Association Journal"},{"issue":"925","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0044|cit44","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"668","DOI":"10.1136\/pmj.78.925.668","article-title":"Costs of waiting for gall bladder surgery","volume":"78","author":"Somasekar","year":"2002","journal-title":"Postgraduate Medical Journal"},{"key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0045|cit45","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"200","DOI":"10.7326\/0003-4819-158-3-201302050-00583","article-title":"SPIRIT 2013 Statement: defining standard protocol items for clinical trials","volume":"158","author":"Chan","year":"2013","journal-title":"Annals of Internal Medicine"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0046|cit46","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"420","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-9610(05)80933-X","article-title":"Overview of therapeutic modalities for the treatment of gallstone diseases","volume":"165","author":"Strasberg","year":"1993","journal-title":"American Journal of Surgery"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0047|cit47","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"276","DOI":"10.1093\/ije\/dyn179","article-title":"Can trial sequential monitoring boundaries reduce spurious inferences from meta-analyses","volume":"38","author":"Thorlund","year":"2009","journal-title":"International Journal of Epidemiology"},{"key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0048|cit48","first-page":"57","article-title":"Interpreting meta-analysis according to the adequacy of sample size. An example using isoniazid chemoprophylaxis for tuberculosis in purified protein derivative negative HIV-infected individuals","volume":"2","author":"Thorlund","year":"2010","journal-title":"Clinical Epidemiology"},{"key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0049|cit49","unstructured":"Thorlund K Engstr\u00f8m J Wetterslev J Brok J Imberger G Gluud C User manual for Trial Sequential Analysis (TSA) http:\/\/ctu.dk\/tsa\/files\/tsa_manual.pdf"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0050|cit50","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"80","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.289.1.80","article-title":"Does this patient have acute cholecystitis?","volume":"289","author":"Trowbridge","year":"2003","journal-title":"JAMA"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0051|cit51","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"64","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jclinepi.2007.03.013","article-title":"Trial sequential analysis may establish when firm evidence is reached in cumulative meta-analysis","volume":"61","author":"Wetterslev","year":"2008","journal-title":"Journal of Clinical Epidemiology"},{"key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0052|cit52","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"86","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2288-9-86","article-title":"Estimating required information size by quantifying diversity in random-effects model meta-analyses","volume":"9","author":"Wetterslev","year":"2009","journal-title":"BMC Medical Research Methodology"},{"key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0053|cit53","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"601","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.39465.451748.AD","article-title":"Empirical evidence of bias in treatment effect estimates in controlled trials with different interventions and outcomes: meta-epidemiological study","volume":"336","author":"Wood","year":"2008","journal-title":"BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.)"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3-BIB0054|cit54","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub2","article-title":"Early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for biliary colic","author":"Gurusamy","year":"2008","journal-title":"Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews"}],"container-title":["Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/wol1\/doi\/10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3\/fullpdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,14]],"date-time":"2024-10-14T13:32:07Z","timestamp":1728912727000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/doi.wiley.com\/10.1002\/14651858.CD007196.pub3"}},"subtitle":[],"editor":[{"name":"Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"editor"}]}],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2013,6,30]]},"references-count":54,"journal-issue":{"issue":"6","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,6]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/14651858.cd007196.pub3","relation":{"has-review":[{"id-type":"doi","id":"10.3410\/f.718025056.793482993","asserted-by":"object"}]},"ISSN":["1465-1858"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1465-1858","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2013,6,30]]}}}