2014
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-67202014000200007
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Understanding the reasons for the refusal of cholecystectomy in patients with cholelithiasis: how to help them in their decision?

Abstract: BackgroundCholelithiasis is prevalent surgical disease, with approximately 60,000 admissions per year in the Unified Health System in Brazil. Is often asymptomatic or oligosymptomatic and major complications arise from the migration of calculi to low biliary tract. Despite these complications are severe and life threatening, some patients refuse surgical treatment.AimTo understand why individuals with cholelithiasis refuse cholecystectomy before complications inherent to the presence of gallstones in the bile … Show more

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“…No Brasil, a colelitíase representa uma condição cirúrgica com 9,4% da prevalência global, com aumento da incidência em idosos e obesos 9 . A litogênese biliar é influenciada por múltiplos fatores e pode progredir sem sintomas para mais da metade dos casos 10 . A presença de colelitíase sintomática, em um caso com situs inversus totalis, pode ser um dilema diagnóstico com dor atípica em hipocôndrio esquerdo.…”
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“…No Brasil, a colelitíase representa uma condição cirúrgica com 9,4% da prevalência global, com aumento da incidência em idosos e obesos 9 . A litogênese biliar é influenciada por múltiplos fatores e pode progredir sem sintomas para mais da metade dos casos 10 . A presença de colelitíase sintomática, em um caso com situs inversus totalis, pode ser um dilema diagnóstico com dor atípica em hipocôndrio esquerdo.…”
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“…Higher prevalence of hospital admissions was observed in the female group (major quantities regarding the occurrence of hospitalizations, total amount spent, amount of hospital services, days of stay, number of deaths and mortality rate), while the average stay and the coefficient of mortality were higher in men, looking to demonstrate disease with different natural evolution in both gender. Hypotheses for the difference in gravity for the lithiasic disease would be derived from the anthropometric characteristics, body fat distribution and pain threshold 13 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The main risk factors for it are: age over 50 years, gender (females have greater risk of developing gallstones because the number of pregnancies, use of oral contraceptives and natural hormonal factors), obesity (which favors the formation of gallstones) and diabetes mellitus type 2 11 , 13 , 19 .…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The eight qualitative studies from seven different countries: USA (n=2), 115 116 UK, 117 Brazil, 118 Canada, 119 Sweden, 120 the Netherland 121 and Spain 122 were identified including 324 participants (ranged from 12 to 162, median=19.5). They were predominantly women and their age ranged from 19 to 81 years.…”
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confidence: 99%