Practices in the Management of Incidental Gallbladder Cancer.

ABSTRACT: Peeyush VarshneyBackground  Histopathology of gallbladder removed for stones may reveal incidental gallbladder cancer (iGBC). We conducted this online e-survey to document the knowledge and practices of management of iGBC among surgeons in India. Methods  A 38-question online e-survey Results  Two-hundred thirty responses were recorded. Ninety-eight out of two-hundred (49%) responses were general surgeons. Two-hundred ten out of two-hundred twenty-one (95%) saw at least one iGBC per year, but only 74/225 (32%) correctly defined true iGBC. One-hundred seventy-eight out of two hundred twenty-two (80%) did computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging for thick-walled gallbladder (GB) detected on ultrasound, while 25/222 (11%) did laparoscopic cholecystectomy and 14/222

SUBMITTER: Varshney P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11473137 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature