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Outcomes In Children And Adolescents Undergoing Cholecystectomies With A High Ejection Fraction, Salony Dighamber, Karen Herzing, Arturo Aranda, Jeffrey C. Pence, Sean Barnett
Outcomes In Children And Adolescents Undergoing Cholecystectomies With A High Ejection Fraction, Salony Dighamber, Karen Herzing, Arturo Aranda, Jeffrey C. Pence, Sean Barnett
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Background
Cholecystectomy is commonly performed electively for symptomatic cholelithiasis and biliary hypokinesia with an ejection fraction (EF) less than 35%. Recent literature has shown that cholecystectomy in adults for biliary hyperkinesia (EF>65%) can provide resolution of symptoms (primarily pain) for the majority of patients. We seek to determine whether cholecystectomy is efficacious in the treatment of symptomatic biliary hyperkinesia in the pediatric population.
Method
The charts of over 100 patients aged 7 to 21 in the last 10 years (2008 to 2018) who had cholecystectomies were reviewed to determine ejection fraction, BMI, race, pain with CCK-HIDA, complications, and resolution …