Email this article Cholelithiasis: causative factors, clinical manifestations and management
Abstract
Background: Cholelithiasis is a common gastrointestinal disorder with an overall prevalence of 2-29%. This study aims to evaluate the evolution of demographic and etiological factors, the clinical manifestations of Cholelithiasis, the surgical management with its post-operative complications and the histopathological findings of the post-cholecystectomy specimen of gallbladder, in central India.
Methods: Patients symptomatic or asymptomatic diagnosed ultrasonically as cholelithiasis were included in the study and patients with primary choledocholithiasis were excluded.
Results: A total of 92 patients were enrolled, of which 62 (68.89%) were female, with mean age of 45.03yrs ± 13.59. Fifty four patients (58.69%) were having BMI >25. Pain was most common complaint seen in all patients. Jaundice was observed in 13 patients (14.13%) who had associated CBD calculus. Sickling was positive in 8.69% of patients. Lap cholecystectomy was done in 71 (77.17%) patients with a conversion rate of 6.57%. Nineteen (20.65%) were open cholecystectomy with or without CBD exploration and 2 underwent Lap cholecystostomy. Post operatively, surgical site infection was seen in 3 patients (4.22%) of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, 5 patients (26.31%) of open cholecystectomy and biliary leak was seen in 3 patients (15.78%) of open cholecystectomy. Histopathology of gallbladder was chronic cholecystitis in 70 patients (77.77%), malignancy was detected in 5 patients (5.55%) and Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis in 2 patients (2.22%).
Conclusions: Cholelithiasis is commonly seen in females in 4th and 5th decade mainly presenting with abdominal pain and dyspepsia. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy offers best surgical management with lesser complications.
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