Biomaterial Database

Cholecystectomy in the elderly. 1988

J P Pigott, and G B Williams

Department of Surgery, Akron City Hospital, Ohio.

A series of 347 elderly patients undergoing cholecystectomy has been presented. The older a patient is at the time of cholecystectomy, the more likely it is for that patient to present with an acute biliary complication. The elderly tolerate biliary tract operations quite well, especially before acute complications of cholelithiasis occur. Early cholecystectomy can prevent the morbidity associated with the natural progression of cholelithiasis. Whether prophylactic cholecystectomy for asymptomatic cholelithiasis would be cost effective is an issue that can be resolved only when further data regarding the natural history and incidence of cholelithiasis in the elderly is known.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007902	Length of Stay	The period of confinement of a patient to a hospital or other health facility.	Hospital Stay,Hospital Stays,Stay Length,Stay Lengths,Stay, Hospital,Stays, Hospital
D008297	Male		Males
D009820	Ohio	State bounded on the north by Michigan and Lake Erie, on the east by Ohio River and Pennsylvania, on the south by Ohio River, and on the west by Indiana.
D002763	Cholecystectomy	Surgical removal of the GALLBLADDER.	Cholecystectomies
D002764	Cholecystitis	Inflammation of the GALLBLADDER; generally caused by impairment of BILE flow, GALLSTONES in the BILIARY TRACT, infections, or other diseases.	Empyema, Gallbladder,Gallbladder Inflammation,Empyema, Gall Bladder,Gall Bladder Empyema,Gallbladder Empyema,Inflammation, Gallbladder
D002769	Cholelithiasis	Presence or formation of GALLSTONES in the BILIARY TRACT, usually in the gallbladder (CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS) or the common bile duct (CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS).	Gallstone Disease,Cholelithiases,Gallstone Diseases
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000367	Age Factors	Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time.	Age Reporting,Age Factor,Factor, Age,Factors, Age
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly