Analysis of 460 patients suffering from the postcholecystectomy syndrome (PCS) revealed an abnormality in the major duodenal papilla (MDP) in 32.4% of them. The development of PCS in this group of patients was caused by coexistence of several pathological processes, which was established in 71% of patients with diseases of the MDP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe authors analyse the results of examination of 154 patients who were admitted for the postcholecystectomy syndrome, 130 of them underwent retrograde cholangiopancreatography. The most common cause of the postcholecystectomy syndrome was residual or recurrent choledocholithiasis (38.5%), stricture of the major duodenal papilla or terminal part of the choledochus (34.
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