Tailoring diagnosis and treatment in symptomatic gallstone disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a lack of consensus in selecting patients who do or do not benefit from surgery when patients present with abdominal pain and gallbladder stones are present. This review aimed to give an overview of results from recent trials and available literature to improve treatment decisions in patients with uncomplicated cholecystolithiasis.

Methods

First, an overview of different symptom criteria for laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with uncomplicated cholecystolithiasis is given, based on national and international guidelines. Second, treatment outcomes (absence of biliary colic, pain-free state, biliary and surgical complications) are summarized, with data from three clinical trials. Finally, personal advice for treatment decisions in patients with uncom

SUBMITTER: Latenstein CSS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10364709 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature