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Biliary Dyskinesia: Does It Exist? If So, How Do We Diagnose It? Is Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Effective or a Sham Operation?

Author: David B. Adams

Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery | Issue 9/2013

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Management of biliary dyskinesia with cholecystectomy has been a controversial issue with surgeons and gastroenterologists for a long time. In 1943, Joseph Strode discussed the topic in The Annals of Surgery, concluding that “symptoms of biliary colic can and do occur in the absence of gallstones. Biliary dyskinesia must be thought of when no stones are found in exploration and indeed that dyskinesia of the biliary passage is a disease entity with which the medical profession needs to become more familiar.”1 …

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Title: Biliary Dyskinesia: Does It Exist? If So, How Do We Diagnose It? Is Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Effective or a Sham Operation?
Author: David B. Adams
Publication date: 01-09-2013
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery / Issue 9/2013
Print ISSN: 1091-255X
Electronic ISSN: 1873-4626
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-013-2267-5

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