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Increased Rate Of Cholecystectomies Performed With Doubtful Or No Indications After Laparoscopy Introduction: A Single Center Experience, Elia Pulvirenti, Adriana Toro, Michel Gagner, Maurizio Mannino, Isidoro Di Carlo
Increased Rate Of Cholecystectomies Performed With Doubtful Or No Indications After Laparoscopy Introduction: A Single Center Experience, Elia Pulvirenti, Adriana Toro, Michel Gagner, Maurizio Mannino, Isidoro Di Carlo
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Background
During recent years laparoscopic cholecystectomy has dramatically increased, sometimes resulting in overtreatment. Aim of this work was to retrospectively analyze all laparoscopic cholecystectomies performed in a single center in order to find the percentage of patients whose surgical treatment may be explained with this general trend, and to speculate about the possible causes.
Methods
831 patients who underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy from 1999 to 2008 were retrospectively analyzed.
Results
At discharge, 43.08% of patients were operated on because of at least one previous episode of biliary colic before the one at admission; 14.08% of patients presented with acute lithiasic …