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[Significance of esophagogastroduodenoscopy before cholecystectomy]
R Sivelli1, P Del Rio, M Sianesi
1Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica Generale e dei Trapianti d'Organo, Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, Università degli Studi di Parma.
Chirurgia Italiana
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
The aim of the study was to assess the significance of oesophagogastro-duodenoscopy (EGDS) before cholecystectomy. Over the period from 1988 to 1999 EGDS was performed in 384 patients before surgery out of a total of 1439 cholecystectomies. 42.8% presented no lesions, whereas pathological findings were detected in 57.2%. The lesions observed were divided into major and minor. EGDS performed prior to cholecystectomy detected major lesions in elderly patients and in patients with atypical biliary symptoms.