The Treatment of Gallbladder Dyskinesia Based Upon Symptoms

Autor: John Alfred Carr, LaDonna J. Bryan, Jamie Walls, Donald L. Snider
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques. 19:222-226
ISSN: 1530-4515
DOI: 10.1097/sle.0b013e3181a74690
Popis: BACKGROUND Gallbladder dyskinesia (GD) is controversial. We sought to determine the success rate of cholecystectomy or observation in treating patients with GD with intervention decisions based upon clearly defined symptoms. METHODS Ninety-three consecutive patients with documented GD were enrolled into a 2-year prospective study. Based upon the presenting symptoms categorized as either classic for gallbladder pathology or atypical, patients underwent cholecystectomy (classic) or observation (atypical). We defined dyskinesia as a cholecystokinin (CCK)-stimulated ejection fraction (EF)
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