Open AccessCholecystectomy reduces subsequent cholangiocarcinoma risk in choledocholithiasis patients undergoing endoscopic intervention
Author(s) -
ChiChih Wang,
MingHseng Tseng,
Sheng-Wen Wu,
TzuWei Yang,
HsuanYi Chen,
WenWei Sung,
ChangCheng Su,
YaoTung Wang,
ChungYen Lin,
MingChang Tsai
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal oncology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1948-5204
DOI - 10.4251/wjgo.v12.i12.1381
Subject(s) - medicine , cholecystectomy , intervention (counseling) , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , gallstones , open cholecystectomy , general surgery , pancreatitis , psychiatry
Cholangiocarcinoma is a disease with a high mortality rate. Our previous study revealed that cholelithiasis patients who undergo endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES)/endoscopic papillary balloon dilatation are at a higher risk for subsequent cholangiocarcinoma than cholelithiasis patients who undergo cholecystectomy.