ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract2015
Non-operative management of symptomatic cholelithiasis in pregnancy is associated with frequent hospitalizations.
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- SAGES guidelines for the use of laparoscopy during pregnancy.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Guideline
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- Between guidelines and reality; the complex decision-making of acute cholecystitis in pregnancy.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Article
- Common bile duct exploration with choledochotomy and primary repair during pregnancy: Case Report.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Pregnant patients undergoing cholecystectomy: nationwide assessment of clinical characteristics and outcomes.AJOG global reports · 2024Article
- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Pregnancy: A Seven-Year Retrospective Study From an Australian Tertiary Center.Cureus · 2023Article
- Imaging of benign gallbladder and biliary pathologies in pregnancy.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2023Review
- Choledocholithiasis in Pregnancy: A Case Report.Cureus · 2022Article
- Surgical trends in the management of acute cholecystitis during pregnancy.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Article
- Considering delay of cholecystectomy in the third trimester of pregnancy.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Article
- Abdominal pain and vomiting during pregnancy due to cholesterolosis.BMJ case reports · 2019Article
- SAGES guidelines for the use of laparoscopy during pregnancy.Surgical endoscopy · 2017Article
- Emergency general surgery in pregnancy.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2017Review
- The course and outcomes of complicated gallstone disease in pregnancy: Experience of a tertiary center.Turkish journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2016Article
- Episode of Familial Mediterranean Fever-Related Peritonitis in the Second Trimester of Pregnancy Followed by Acute Cholecystitis: Dilemmas and Pitfalls.The American journal of case reports · 2016Article
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- Pregnant patients requiring emergency general surgery: a scoping review of diagnostic and management strategies.Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgieArticle
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Abstract
Symptomatic cholelithiasis (SC) is common in pregnancy. Guidelines recommend laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) for SC in pregnancy. Our aim was to evaluate current practice patterns and outcomes for patients undergoing initial non-operative management for uncomplicated SC during pregnancy. We performed a retrospective analysis and telephone survey of all patients presenting in a 42-month period to a tertiary care center for uncomplicated SC during pregnancy. Women with complicated gallstone disease, including cholecystitis, pancreatitis, choledocholithiasis, and cholangitis were excluded. We identified 53 patients with uncomplicated SC during pregnancy. LC was performed in 4 (7.5%) antepartum and in 28 (51.7%) postpartum. The majority of LCs (21, 75%) were performed within 3 months postpartum. Of those with postpartum LC, 22 (78.6%) had recurrent postpartum symptoms prior to LC, and 14 (50%) had repeat hospitalizations prior to undergoing surgery. Given the safety of antepartum LC and the frequency of recurrent symptoms and hospitalizations, early surgical intervention during pregnancy may be the optimal strategy to reduce antepartum and early postpartum admissions for uncomplicated SC.
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