[Morphologic characteristics of the liver in the postcholecystectomy syndrome]

Liver biopsies of 152 patients with post-cholecystectomy syndrome are studied. Liver alterations observed in these patients are subdivided into morphological syndromes (portal and periportal hepatitis, liver fibrosis and cirrhosis) and their evolution is investigated. Changes of intrahepatic bile ducts are studied and their adaptive-compensatory character is shown. Compensatory processes in the liver parenchyma are also investigated. Patho- and morphogenesis of alterations observed is discussed.