Abstract

REVIEW OF POSTCHOLECYSTECTOMY SYNDROME RISK FACTORS

*Dr. Ali Budr Abood, Dr. Ali Hameed Atash and Dr. Mohammed Salim Hussein

ABSTRACT

Cholecystectomy has an excellent therapeutic outcome. Up to 15-20 % of cholecystectomized patients however, continue to have a variety of gastrointestinal symptoms. Post-cholecystectomy syndrome (PCS) can be defined as symptoms of biliary colic or persistent right upper quadrant (RUQ) abdominal pain with or without dyspepsia, which are similar to that experienced by the patient before cholecystectomy. PCS continue to be present as a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The aim of this paper was to critically review the literature about the agnitude of the problem and the possible pathophysiological explanations of PCS.

Keywords: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), cholecystectomy syndrome’ (PCS).