La política de esperar y ver o la colecistectomía laparoscópica después de la esfincterotomía endoscópica para los

Djemila Boerma1, Erik A J Rauws, Yolande C A Keulemans

  • 1Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Lancet (London, England)
|September 21, 2002
PubMed
Resumen

No se recomienda un enfoque de esperar y ver para los cálculos de la vesícula biliar después de la eliminación de piedras del conducto biliar. La mayoría de los pacientes experimentaron síntomas biliares recurrentes, lo que requirió una cirugía con una alta tasa de conversión a procedimientos abiertos.

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