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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 4/2019

01-04-2019 | Gallbladder Cancer | Letter to the Editor

Letter to Editor: Routine Pathology and Postoperative Follow-Up are Not Cost-Effective in Cholecystectomy for Benign Gallbladder Disease

Author: Pankaj Kumar Garg

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 4/2019

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Should the histopathological examination (HPE) be undertaken for all the gallbladder specimens following a cholecystectomy which was undertaken for benign diseases? The available literature has contradictory studies, some supporting this practice while others rejecting it. In the recent issue of the World Journal of Surgery, Olthof et al. [1] discouraged the routine HPE of the resected cholecystectomy specimen in view of (a) low incidence of incidental gallbladder cancer (IGBC) which was 0.14% (4/2763), and (b) gross abnormalities being present in all IGBC specimens (4/4). …
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Metadata
Title
Letter to Editor: Routine Pathology and Postoperative Follow-Up are Not Cost-Effective in Cholecystectomy for Benign Gallbladder Disease
Author
Pankaj Kumar Garg
Publication date
01-04-2019
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 4/2019
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-019-04919-x

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