Was the prognosis of gallstone disease improved? Analysis of 9,489 cholelithiasis sections
Grosse, H.
Zeitschrift für die Gesamte Innere Medizin und ihre Grenzgebiete 40(20): 604-606
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-2542 PMID: 4082683 Document Number: 265303
Among 9,489 cholelithiasis autopsies the cases with cholecystectomy after 1970 significantly increased. At the same time the inflammatory complications with calculi (peritonitis, abscess, phlegmon, pylephlebitis, sepsis) became significantly more infrequent. But the remaining sequelae of calculi scarcely decreased, particularly not the lithogenic necroses of the pancreas and the non-suppurative cholangitis. After successful operation or conservative treatment many patients resume their old habits: but they are more endangered by dietary lapses and alcohol.