The incidence of cholelithiasis has been shown to be higher for patients after gastrectomy than for the general population, due to vagal branch damage and gastrointestinal reconstruction. The aim of this trial was to evaluate the need for routine concomitant prophylactic cholecystectomy (PC) during gastrectomy for cancer.
Product ID:
104341
Handle IRIS:
11562/985774
Last Modified:
November 15, 2022
Bibliographic citation:
Bencini, Lapo; Marchet, Alberto; Alfieri, Sergio; Rosa, Fausto; Verlato, Giuseppe; Marrelli, Daniele; Roviello, Franco; Pacelli, Fabio; Cristadoro, Luigi; Taddei, Antonio; Farsi, Marco,
The Cholegas trial: long-term results of prophylactic cholecystectomy during gastrectomy for cancer-a randomized-controlled trial«Gastric Cancer»
, vol. 22
, n. 3
, 2019
, pp. 632-639