1983
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-99-2-199
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Prophylactic Cholecystectomy or Expectant Management for Silent Gallstones

Abstract: Decision analysis was done to compare the consequences of prophylactic cholecystectomy with expectant management for silent gallstone disease. Probability values were derived from a study of the natural history of silent gallstone disease, published cholecystectomy mortality rates, and life tables. The two strategies were compared by calculating cumulative numbers of person-years lost for hypothetical cohorts of men and women. Prophylactic cholecystectomy slightly decreases survival. A 30-year-old man choosing… Show more

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“…(3,(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45), including patients with only mild symptoms (37). Although studies of the complications of silent gallstones have been analyzed only for small numbers of patients, the yearly risk of developing biliary colic seems to diminish with the passage of time (46).…”
Section: B 11le Natural History Of Gallstone Diseasementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…(3,(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45), including patients with only mild symptoms (37). Although studies of the complications of silent gallstones have been analyzed only for small numbers of patients, the yearly risk of developing biliary colic seems to diminish with the passage of time (46).…”
Section: B 11le Natural History Of Gallstone Diseasementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Moreover, the annual absolute incidence of gallbladder cancer in persons with gallstones is only about 9 per 10,000 person-years (47). Prophylactic removal of silent gallstones in the general population is therefore not widely recommended with the therapeutic alternatives presently at hand (2,3,38). What is not known, though, is whether some subgroup of patients exhibit a sufficiently higher risk of developing complications that early treatment would be advisable.…”
Section: B 11le Natural History Of Gallstone Diseasementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Elles prennent en considération la mortalité et le coût de la cholécystectomie systémati que, des complications chez les malades non opérés et de la cholé cystectomie effectuée en raison de l'apparition de symptômes ou de complications. Deux études de ce types ont été fa ites dont les résul tats sont sensiblement identiques [15,29]. Pour Ransohoff et al [29], la cholécystectomie entraînerait une diminution de l'espérance de vie de un jour chez une fe mme de 30 ans et de quatre jours chez un homme du même âge.…”
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“…Deux études de ce types ont été fa ites dont les résul tats sont sensiblement identiques [15,29]. Pour Ransohoff et al [29], la cholécystectomie entraînerait une diminution de l'espérance de vie de un jour chez une fe mme de 30 ans et de quatre jours chez un homme du même âge. A 50 ans, la diminu tion de l'espérance de vie serait de douze jours chez la fe mme et de dix-huit jours chez l'homme.…”
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