Partial Cholecystectomy Safe and Effective. Issue 1 (1993)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ibrarullah, Md.; Kacker, L. K.; Sikora, S. S.; Saxena, R.; Kapoor, V. K.; Kaushik, S. P.
• Is Part Of: HPB surgery. Volume 7:Issue 1(1993)
• Page Start: 61
• Page End: 65
• Publication Date: 1993
• Subjects: Biliary tract -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Liver -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Pancreas -- Surgery -- Periodicals; 617.55
• DOI: 10.1155/1993/52802
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0894-8569

Abstract

Abstract : Patients undergoing surgical treatment for calculous disease were considered to have had a partial cholecystectomy performed when a part of the gall bladder wall was retained for technical reasons. Forty patients underwent partial cholecystectomy: for chronic cholecystitis (20), acute cholecystitis (4), Mirizzi's syndrome (14), portal hypertension or partially accesible gall bladder (one patient each). Four patients (10%) developed infective complications and two patients had retained common bile duct stones. In a mean follow up period of 13 months (range 1–36 mths), only 3 patients have ongoing mild dyspeptic symptoms while the rest have remained asymptomatic. Partial cholecystectomy has been found to be a safe and effective procedure in difficult cholecystectomy situations, since it combines the merits of cholecystectomy and cholecystostomy.