Open AccessSignificance of Post-Cholecystectomy Subhepatic Fluid Collections
Author(s) -
Charles Elboim,
Leon Goldman,
Lucy E. Hann,
Aubrey M. Palestrant,
William Silen
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-198308000-00004
Subject(s) - medicine , cholecystectomy , clinical significance , gallbladder , surgery , incidence (geometry) , prospective cohort study , general surgery , physics , optics
A prospective ultrasound study of the right upper quadrant in 105 patients who had undergone cholecystectomy showed the incidence of fluid collection in the gall bladder fossa to be 24% 2 to 4 days after operation. In all but two patients, these fluid collections were of no clinical significance. The relationship between the presence of fluid and several other variables, such as use of drains and surgical techniques, are discussed.