Abstract
140 cholecystectomised patients were subjected to out-patient clinical follow-up (follow-up range 15.5 ± 7.1 months) as were 45 patients who had various operations on the digestive tract. The controlled study was divided into two phases: epidemiology and therapy. The results of the epidemiological trial clearly showed that in about half the cases treated cholecystectomy leaves certain problems of digestive dysfunction (dyspeptic-pain syndrome) unresolved but does not cause new symptoms. Hence there is no justification for the term 'post-cholecystectomy syndrome'. A double blind therapeutic trial confirmed the efficacy of UDCA in the treatment of dyspepsia in cholecystectomised patients (p = 0,03) but showed that it has little influence on the pain factor (p = 1,00).
| Translated title of the contribution | Does postcholecystectomy syndrome exist? Epidemiological findings and the therapeutic effects of UDCA |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Pages (from-to) | 1755-1762 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Minerva Medica |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue number | 38 |
| Publication status | Published - 1986 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)