Is it necessary to perform prophylactic cholecystectomy for asymptomatic subjects with gallbladder polyps and gallstones?

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1099-1104

  Choi, Sung Youn ^a   Kim, Tae Sun ^a   Kim, Hong Joo ^a   Park, Jung Ho ^a   Park, Dong Il ^a   Cho, Yong Kyun ^a   Sohn, Chong Il ^a   Jeon, Woo Kyu ^a   Kim, Byung Ik ^a  

^a School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cholelithiasis; Gallbladder cancer; Gallbladder polyps; Prophylactic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER WALL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GALLBLADDER POLYP; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SURGICAL RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; GALLSTONES; POLYPS; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GALLBLADDER; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PROPHYLACTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLYPS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77952971087     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2010.06288.x     Document Type: Article

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