2026 / 05

DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2026.054
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Influence of hospital-replacing technologies on the organization of surgical care provision to patients with cholelithiasis

Shabunin AV1,2 , Bagatelia ZA1,2 , Karpov AA1,2 , Maer RYu1,3 , Gugnin AV1 , Vengerov VYu1 , Pilyus FG1 , Karapetyan VD1
About authors

1 Moscow Botkin Multidisciplinary Scientific and Clinical Center, Moscow, Russia

2 Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education, Moscow, Russia

3 Research Institute of Healthcare Organization and Medical Management, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Veniamin Yu. Vengerov
2nd Botkinsky Proyezd, 5, bld. 7, 125284, Moscow, Россия; ur.liam@v_voregnev

About paper

Author contribution: Shabunin AV — study design, scientific editing, expert supervision; Bagatelia ZA, Karpov AA, Maer RYu — scientific editing, expert supervision; Gugnin AV — statistical data processing; Vengerov VYu, Pilyus FG — implementation of the main phases of the study, manuscript writing; Karapetyan VD — data acquisition, manuscript writing.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was based on the anonymized aggregate data containing no personal identifiable information. No patient’s informed consent was required due to the retrospective design and the use of anonymized data.

Received: 2026-08-24 Accepted: 2026-09-20 Published online: 2026-09-29
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