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Investigation of post‐cholecystectomy problems
Author(s) -
Hunt David R.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1982.tb132274.x
Subject(s) - cholecystectomy , medicine , general surgery
I assessed severe problems which occurred in 116 patients after cholecystectomy, and identified a wide variety of causes. I found organic disease in the biliary tree or pancreas in 88 patients, and confirmed this disease by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in 79. I found stones, the most common single cause, in only 26 patients. We recommend ERCP as the procedure of first choice in the investigation of severe post‐cholecystectomy problems.