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Article: Isolated small gallbladder polyps: An indication for cholecystectomy in symptomatic patients
- Article from:
- The American Surgeon
- Article date:
- August 1, 2000
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CopyrightCopyright The Southeastern Surgical Congress Aug 2000. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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To evaluate patients with gallbladder polyps and to compare them with patients with chronic acalculous cholecystitis, 301 patients with chronic acalculous disease of the gallbladder, of which 45 had polyp disease of the gallbladder, were reviewed out of 7181 cholecystectomies performed from June 1985 through June 1995. Of the 45 patients, 30 (Group A) were diagnosed preoperatively by ultrasound and 15 (Group B) postoperatively on pathologic examination. In each group, the most common polyp was cholesterol type (19/45) with multiple lesions in 10 of these 19 patients. Chronic cholecystitis was present elsewhere in the gallbladder in 40 per cent of Group A and 80 per cent of Group B patients ...