Open AccessAsymptomatic Cholelithiasis in Children With Sickle Cell Disease
Author(s) -
Giuseppe Currò,
Anna Meo,
Daniela Rita Ippolito,
Anna Pusiol,
Eugenio Cucinotta
Publication year - 2007
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 - 10.1097/01.sla.0000242716.66878.23
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , cholecystectomy , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography , cholecystitis , surgery , pediatrics , gallbladder , pancreatitis
Our study aimed to evaluate the role of elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and asymptomatic cholelithiasis and, furthermore, to determine whether the outcome is related to the operation timing.