Abstract
BACKGROUND: Postcholecystectomy pain occurs in 20-30%. The main cause of this pain remains unclear. Whether the underlying gallbladder disease influences the outcome after cholecystectomy is not fully established.
METHODS: A multicenter questionnaire study comparing the occurrence of abdominal pain and dyspepsia 5-10 years after cholecystectomy in 345 (222 women, 123 men) patients cholecystectomized for acute cholecystitis and in a control group of 296 (213 women, 83 men) patients cholecystectomized for uncomplicated symptomatic gallbladder stones.
RESULTS: Of 641 questionnaires, 534 (83%) were completed. Complaints of abdominal pain and dyspepsia were found with similar frequencies in the acute cholecystitis and gallstone groups. Women had abdominal pain more often than men (42% versus 29%) (P = 0.01). Although more than one-third complained of abdominal pain after cholecystectomy, 93% had improved or were cured.
CONCLUSION: The outcome after cholecystectomy seems to be independent of the underlying gallbladder disease (acute cholecystitis or elective operations for gallstones).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 10-4 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISSN | 0036-5521 |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 1998 |
Keywords
- Abdominal Pain
- Acute Disease
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Cholecystectomy
- Cholecystitis
- Dyspepsia
- Elective Surgical Procedures
- Emergencies
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pain Measurement
- Pain, Postoperative
- Surveys and Questionnaires
- Treatment Outcome
- Urinary Bladder Calculi
- Journal Article
- Multicenter Study
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't