It's time for a minimum synoptic operation template in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a systematic review.

"Declarations Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsMichael Sugrue served as a consultant and speaker to Smith and Nephew, Acelity and Novus Scientific however none are relevant to this study. Competing interests Michael Sugrue served as a consultant and speaker to Smith and Nephew, Acelity and Novus Scientific however none are relevant to this study."

"Funding This project was supported by the European Union’s INTERREG VA Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) and Donegal Clinical and Research Academy."

"In order to avoid selection bias, the methods of the systematic review and the inclusion criteria of the study were specified in advance and documented in a protocol which was registered with the PROSPERO database (International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews) registration number: CRD42021292839. This systematic review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines []. Full text, English language articles reporting studies on operative documentation of patients undergoing LC were included. Systematic reviews, meta-analyses, case reports, editorial comments and letters were excluded, as were studies of paediatric (< 16 years of age) patients or pregnant patients. Citations were exported into Microsoft Excel and duplicates were subsequently removed. The reference sections of reviewed studies were examined for eventual further retrieval of papers not identified by the initial search strategy."