Preoperative diagnoses and identification rates of unexpected gallbladder cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unexpected gallbladder cancer (UGBC) is sometimes found in the resected gallbladder of patients during or after surgery. Some reports have indicated UGBC identification rates for all gallbladder surgeries, but scarce data are available for the UGBC identification rates for specific gallbladder diseases. The present study was performed to clarify UGBC rates and the factors suspicious for UGBC categorized according to preoperative diagnoses, in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LSC).

Methods

We recorded data for all LSC surgeries performed in the Department of Surgery, Sada Hospital, Japan since 1991, and analyzed the 28-year data. We used the chi-square test and Kaplan-Meier analysis for this retrospective case-control study.

Results

The UGBC

SUBMITTER: Fujiwara K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7500683 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature