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Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines




Disease cholelithiasis
Phenotype C0023890|cirrhosis
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PubMedID- 23586815 Egs has been shown tobe an effective long-term option in cirrhosis patients with cholelithiasis as abridge to liver transplantation [13-17].
PubMedID- 23318064 cholelithiasis in patients with cirrhosis occurs twice as often as in those in the general population, with a reported incidence of 9.5% to 13.7%, versus 5.2% in patients without cirrhosis.1–4 a review of approximately 4895 autopsy records in the literature showed that the frequency of cholelithiasis was 29.4% in patients with cirrhosis, as compared with 12.8% in patients without cirrhosis.3 in the past, when such patients required cholecystectomy, it was invariably performed by an open approach.
PubMedID- 22848440 Interestingly ioannou et al [36], analyzing cohort data from the first national health and nutrition examination survey (nhanes), found that cholelithiasis was independently associated with cirrhosis, not with serum liver enzymes.
PubMedID- 25501758 In previous reports, endoscopic gallbladder stenting (egbs) has been shown to be an effective strategy in cirrhosis patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis as a bridge to transplantation.
PubMedID- 24574724 Conclusion: consecutive lc and ls is an appropriate treatment option for liver cirrhosis patients with gallstones and hypersplenism, especially for those with child-pugh a and b.
PubMedID- 25191097 As seen in our study, therapeutic intervention was done in cases of benign liver cysts (9), chronic appendicitis (3), gastrointestinal stromal tumor (gist) (4), postoperative bands (7), and cholelithiasis with cirrhosis (4).
PubMedID- 25569066 Although cirrhotic patients are twice as likely to develop gallstones as compared with noncirrhotic patients, cirrhosis has historically been considered a relative, if not absolute, contraindication to laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

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