Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in pancreas transplant recipients. 1994

D B Adams, and J S Bromberg
Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the treatment of choice for symptomatic cholelithiasis. Since its introduction in 1987, this procedure has been employed with increasing frequency as its safety has been documented in numerous studies. Absolute contraindications to laparoscopic cholecystectomy have become relative contraindications, and patients previously felt to be at excessive risk for laparoscopic cholecystectomy are viewed as patients who may benefit from laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The use of this procedure in patients with comorbid medical conditions has the potential to decrease patient morbidity. Patients who have previously undergone solid organ transplantation and require immunosuppressive therapy are a group of patients who may benefit from laparoscopic cholecystectomy. We report four patients who have previously undergone combined renal and pancreas transplantation who underwent successful laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007165 Immunosuppression Therapy Deliberate prevention or diminution of the host's immune response. It may be nonspecific as in the administration of immunosuppressive agents (drugs or radiation) or by lymphocyte depletion or may be specific as in desensitization or the simultaneous administration of antigen and immunosuppressive drugs. Antirejection Therapy,Immunosuppression,Immunosuppressive Therapy,Anti-Rejection Therapy,Therapy, Anti-Rejection,Therapy, Antirejection,Anti Rejection Therapy,Anti-Rejection Therapies,Antirejection Therapies,Immunosuppression Therapies,Immunosuppressions,Immunosuppressive Therapies,Therapies, Immunosuppression,Therapies, Immunosuppressive,Therapy, Immunosuppression,Therapy, Immunosuppressive
D008297 Male Males
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
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D016030 Kidney Transplantation The transference of a kidney from one human or animal to another. Grafting, Kidney,Renal Transplantation,Transplantation, Kidney,Transplantation, Renal,Kidney Grafting,Kidney Transplantations,Renal Transplantations,Transplantations, Kidney,Transplantations, Renal
D016035 Pancreas Transplantation The transference of a pancreas from one human or animal to another. Grafting, Pancreas,Transplantation, Pancreas,Graftings, Pancreas,Pancreas Grafting,Pancreas Graftings,Pancreas Transplantations,Transplantations, Pancreas
D017081 Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic Excision of the gallbladder through an abdominal incision using a laparoscope. Cholecystectomy, Celioscopic,Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy,Celioscopic Cholecystectomies,Celioscopic Cholecystectomy,Cholecystectomies, Celioscopic,Cholecystectomies, Laparoscopic,Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies

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