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2597948

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-2-7
pubmed:abstractText
Drains after cholecystectomy are used commonly to avoid biliary leaks and subsequent peritonitis. Thirty-five patients who had had cholecystectomy without drainage underwent 99mTc-labelled dimethylphenylcarbamoylmethyliminodiacetic acid (HIDA) and ultrasound scans the morning after surgery. Biliary leaks detected by positive HIDA scans occurred in 11 patients. Subhepatic fluid collections were seen on 20 ultrasound scans. There was no relation between biliary leaks and subhepatic collections. Many of the collections were not seen on the HIDA scan, suggesting that they contained blood and not bile. Many of the patients with bile leaks showed no fluid collection. Clinical complications were few and evenly distributed between those with positive and negative scans. We conclude that bile leaks are not an occasional event but occur after 31 per cent of undrained cholecystectomies and that these bile leaks remain clinically unimportant.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0007-1323
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1046-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Bile leaks after simple cholecystectomy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, St. Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article