ArticleJournal of minimal access surgery
Post-cholecystectomy syndrome: A new look at an old problem.
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- Incidence risk and risk factors for postcholecystectomy syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Evaluation of Post-cholecystectomy Syndrome in Patients With Gallstone Disease: A Critical Appraisal.Cureus · 2025Article
- Severe gastrointestinal symptoms during first year after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Prevalence and predictors of postcholecystectomy syndrome in Nepalese patients after 1 week of laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Post cholecystectomy pain syndrome: Letter to Editor.Scandinavian journal of pain · 2024Article
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- A Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome Could Be Re-termed as a Nutcracker Celiac Ganglion Abdominal Pain Syndrome.Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility · 2023Article
- Feasibility of transgastric endoscopic gallbladder-preserving surgery for benign gallbladder diseases (with video).Surgical endoscopy · 2022Article
- Dyspepsia and Gut Microbiota in Female Patients with Postcholecystectomy Syndrome.International journal of women's health · 2022Article
- Acupuncture for the Postcholecystectomy Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Review
- Proteobacteria Acts as a Pathogenic Risk-Factor for Chronic Abdominal Pain and Diarrhea in Post-Cholecystectomy Syndrome Patients: A Gut Microbiome Metabolomics Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2019Article
- Acupuncture for the postcholecystectomy syndrome: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2019Article
- Ultrasound-guided Bilateral Erector Spinae Plane Block for Postoperative Analgesia in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Anesthesia, essays and researchesArticle
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Abstract
backgroundDespite being the most commonly performed operations, sometimes cholecystectomy fails to relieve symptoms; this is now a well-recognised clinical entity termed 'post-cholecystectomy syndrome' (PCS). Very few studies from India deal with PCS, and the present study was carried out to find the incidence and risk factors for PCS in patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). MATERIALS AND
methodsThe records of 207 patients undergoing elective LC were prospectively maintained for 6 months after surgery. Persistence or appearance of new symptoms after surgery was documented and investigated only when they persisted beyond 30 days of surgery.
resultsThere were 185 (89.4%) female patients and 22 (10.6%) male patients with a mean age of 44.4 years (age range: 12-79 years). Conversion to open cholecystectomy was done in 18 patients (8.69%), mainly due to adhesions and unclear anatomy. The incidence of symptoms was found to be 13% at 6 months follow-up, showing a reducing trend from 58% in the 1
conclusionSymptoms are common after LC, but they settle over time. Very few patients have a detectable cause for symptoms after LC, and it is difficult to predict which patients will become symptomatic after LC; in the present series, previous attacks of cholecystitis and presence of co-morbid conditions were the only consistent risk factors for symptoms after LC.
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