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11956905

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-16
pubmed:abstractText
Port site metastasis is a well-documented event after laparoscopic procedures in cancer patients. We summarize current epidemiological knowledge about the risk of this complication after laparoscopic/conventional cholecystectomy in patients with unexpected gallbladder cancer as well as other intraabdominal malignancies. We found 174 cases of port site metastasis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy and 12 recurrences in the surgical scar after converted or open cholecystectomy. A review of all case reports and its comparison with four international surveys show a 14% incidence of port site metastases 7 months after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cancer. Similar numbers are available for open cholecystectomy. Our data suggest that abdominal wall metastases of gallbladder cancer are not a specific complication of laparoscopy. The long-term prognosis of patients with unknown gallbladder cancer however seems to be worsened by laparoscopy. The registry of the German Society of Surgery, which prospectively compares follow-up and prognosis of all cases of cholecystectomy, laparoscopic as well as open, in patients with incidental gallbladder cancer will definitively clarify whether laparoscopy affects the prognosis of patients with unsuspected gallbladder cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0944-1166
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
535-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Port site recurrences after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
pubmed:affiliation
Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Zentrum der Chirurgie-Klinik für Allgemeinchirurgie, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, D-60590 Frankfurt, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review