Erschienen in:
01.09.2013 | SSAT/SAGES Joint Symposium
Biliary Dyskinesia: Does It Exist? If So, How Do We Diagnose It? Is Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Effective or a Sham Operation?
verfasst von:
David B. Adams
Erschienen in:
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
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Ausgabe 9/2013
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Excerpt
Management of biliary dyskinesia with cholecystectomy has been a controversial issue with surgeons and gastroenterologists for a long time. In 1943, Joseph Strode discussed the topic in
The Annals of Surgery, concluding that “symptoms of biliary colic can and do occur in the absence of gallstones. Biliary dyskinesia must be thought of when no stones are found in exploration and indeed that dyskinesia of the biliary passage is a disease entity with which the medical profession needs to become more familiar.”
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