Pain and dyspepsia after elective and acute cholecystectomy

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Pain and dyspepsia after elective and acute cholecystectomy. / Middelfart, H V; Kristensen, J U; Laursen, C N; Qvist, N; Højgaard, L; Funch-Jensen, P; Kehlet, H.

In: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol. 33, No. 1, 01.1998, p. 10-4.

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Harvard

Middelfart, HV, Kristensen, JU, Laursen, CN, Qvist, N, Højgaard, L, Funch-Jensen, P & Kehlet, H 1998, 'Pain and dyspepsia after elective and acute cholecystectomy', Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 10-4.

APA

Middelfart, H. V., Kristensen, J. U., Laursen, C. N., Qvist, N., Højgaard, L., Funch-Jensen, P., & Kehlet, H. (1998). Pain and dyspepsia after elective and acute cholecystectomy. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 33(1), 10-4.

Vancouver

Middelfart HV, Kristensen JU, Laursen CN, Qvist N, Højgaard L, Funch-Jensen P et al. Pain and dyspepsia after elective and acute cholecystectomy. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 1998 Jan;33(1):10-4.

Author

Middelfart, H V ; Kristensen, J U ; Laursen, C N ; Qvist, N ; Højgaard, L ; Funch-Jensen, P ; Kehlet, H. / Pain and dyspepsia after elective and acute cholecystectomy. In: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 1998 ; Vol. 33, No. 1. pp. 10-4.

Bibtex

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title = "Pain and dyspepsia after elective and acute cholecystectomy",
abstract = "BACKGROUND: Postcholecystectomy pain occurs in 20-30%. The main cause of this pain remains unclear. Whether the underlying gallbladder disease influences the outcome after cholecystectomy is not fully established.METHODS: A multicenter questionnaire study comparing the occurrence of abdominal pain and dyspepsia 5-10 years after cholecystectomy in 345 (222 women, 123 men) patients cholecystectomized for acute cholecystitis and in a control group of 296 (213 women, 83 men) patients cholecystectomized for uncomplicated symptomatic gallbladder stones.RESULTS: Of 641 questionnaires, 534 (83%) were completed. Complaints of abdominal pain and dyspepsia were found with similar frequencies in the acute cholecystitis and gallstone groups. Women had abdominal pain more often than men (42% versus 29%) (P = 0.01). Although more than one-third complained of abdominal pain after cholecystectomy, 93% had improved or were cured.CONCLUSION: The outcome after cholecystectomy seems to be independent of the underlying gallbladder disease (acute cholecystitis or elective operations for gallstones).",
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AU - Funch-Jensen, P

AU - Kehlet, H

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N2 - BACKGROUND: Postcholecystectomy pain occurs in 20-30%. The main cause of this pain remains unclear. Whether the underlying gallbladder disease influences the outcome after cholecystectomy is not fully established.METHODS: A multicenter questionnaire study comparing the occurrence of abdominal pain and dyspepsia 5-10 years after cholecystectomy in 345 (222 women, 123 men) patients cholecystectomized for acute cholecystitis and in a control group of 296 (213 women, 83 men) patients cholecystectomized for uncomplicated symptomatic gallbladder stones.RESULTS: Of 641 questionnaires, 534 (83%) were completed. Complaints of abdominal pain and dyspepsia were found with similar frequencies in the acute cholecystitis and gallstone groups. Women had abdominal pain more often than men (42% versus 29%) (P = 0.01). Although more than one-third complained of abdominal pain after cholecystectomy, 93% had improved or were cured.CONCLUSION: The outcome after cholecystectomy seems to be independent of the underlying gallbladder disease (acute cholecystitis or elective operations for gallstones).

AB - BACKGROUND: Postcholecystectomy pain occurs in 20-30%. The main cause of this pain remains unclear. Whether the underlying gallbladder disease influences the outcome after cholecystectomy is not fully established.METHODS: A multicenter questionnaire study comparing the occurrence of abdominal pain and dyspepsia 5-10 years after cholecystectomy in 345 (222 women, 123 men) patients cholecystectomized for acute cholecystitis and in a control group of 296 (213 women, 83 men) patients cholecystectomized for uncomplicated symptomatic gallbladder stones.RESULTS: Of 641 questionnaires, 534 (83%) were completed. Complaints of abdominal pain and dyspepsia were found with similar frequencies in the acute cholecystitis and gallstone groups. Women had abdominal pain more often than men (42% versus 29%) (P = 0.01). Although more than one-third complained of abdominal pain after cholecystectomy, 93% had improved or were cured.CONCLUSION: The outcome after cholecystectomy seems to be independent of the underlying gallbladder disease (acute cholecystitis or elective operations for gallstones).

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