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Medical versus surgical management of biliary tract disease in pregnancy 56th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern-Surgical-Congress Lu, E. J., Curet, M. J., El-Sayed, Y. Y., Kirkwood, K. S. EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. 2004: 755–59

Abstract

The management of symptomatic cholelithiasis during pregnancy remains controversial. We compared outcomes after medical versus surgical management of biliary tract disease in pregnant patients.We reviewed the clinical course of patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis during pregnancy from 1992 to 2002 at two university hospitals.Seventy-six women with 78 pregnancies were admitted with biliary tract disease. Of the 63 women who presented with symptomatic cholelithiasis, 10 underwent surgery while pregnant. There were no deaths, preterm deliveries, or intensive care unit admissions. Fifty-three patients were treated medically. Their clinical courses were complicated by symptomatic relapse in 20 patients (38%), by labor induction to control biliary colic (8 patients), and by premature delivery in 2 patients. Each relapse in the medically managed group accounted for an additional five days in hospital.Surgical management of symptomatic cholelithiasis in pregnancy is safe, decreases days in hospital, and reduces the rate of labor induction and preterm deliveries.

View details for DOI 10.1016/j.amsjurg.2004.09.002

View details for Web of Science ID 000226183600040

View details for PubMedID 15619495