Research from Dalhousie University, Department of Surgery provides new data about surgery

Fresh data on surgery are presented in the report "The role of prophylactic cholecystectomy versus deferral in the care of patients after endoscopic sphincterotomy." According to a study from Halifax, Canada, "Prophylactic cholecystectomy (PC) is advised after ES and clearance of ductal calculi on the basis of a randomized controlled trial that showed a requirement for cholecystectomy in 36% of patients who defer surgery. Other studies suggest the cholecystectomy rate to be as low as 8%. To determine the proportion of patients who deferred cholecystectomy and the outcome, we reviewed 870 consecutive patients who underwent endoscopic retrograde cholangiography and sphincterotomy; the...

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