POST CHOLECYSTECTOMY SYNDROME
Nuwan Gunapala
Registrar
wd40B/ 21
OBJECTIVES
 Definition
 Epidemiology
 Aetiology
 Pathophysiology
 Clinical features
 Investigations
 Management
OUR EXPERIENCE……
 Mrs Dhanuka perera
 Later found to have duodenal carcinoma
 Mrs Nei Sherine
 Expired from caecal carcinoma
 Mr H A Jyasena
 Has undergone emergency subtotal
cholecystectomy later found to have retained
stones and underwent choledocho-jejunostomy
and currently recovering from surgery.
WHAT IS IT ?
 First describe in 1947
 It is persistence of symptoms following
cholecystectomy
 continuation of symptoms which was thought to be
caused by gall bladder
 development of new symptoms usually attributed to
gall bladder
 symptoms due to absence of gall bladder
EPIDEMIOLOGY
 15% of patients develop the symptoms
 Incidence is high in patients who didn’t have
gallstones
 Also high in emergency surgery patients
 Pre-operative secure diagnosis reduce
incidence
 Functional disorders are the most common
causes
 Prior surgery, bile spillage or stone spillage
doesn’t increase the incidence
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
 Due to increase bile flow in to upper GI tract
 bile reflux gastritis and esophagitis
 Due to bile in the lower GI tract
 diarrhoea and lower abdominal pain
 Other symptoms could be resulting from
structures in biliary tree or extra biliary
structures
AETIOLOGY
 Hepato-biliary system
 Cystic duct and gall bladder remnant
 Residual or reformed gall bladder
 Stump cholelithasis
 Neuroma
 Liver
 Fatty liver, sclerosing cholangitis, cirrhosis
 Biliary tract
 Cholangitis
 Adhesions
 Strictures
 Cyst
 Choledocholithiasis
 Fistula
 Periampullary
 Sphincter oddi dyskinesia, spasm, hypertrophy
 Stricture
 Papilloma
 Pancreas
 Pancreatitis
 Pancreatic stones
 Pancreatic cancer
EXTRA BILIARY
 Oesophagus
 Hiatal hernia
 Achalasia
 Stomach
 Bile gastritis
 PUD
 Cancer
 Duodenum
 Adhesions
 Diverticulum
OTHER PATHOLOGIES
 Colon
 Vascular
 Angina
 Small bowel
 A cause can be identified in 95% of patients
CLINICAL FEATURES
 Colic
 Pain
 Fever
 Jaundice
 Diarrhoea,
 Bloating
 Nausea
INVESTIGATIONS
 Aim is to exclude complication of
cholecystectomy and identify other causes
 Serology
 FBC
 LFT
 Amylase
 Imaging
 chest x ray, abdominal x ray,
 barium swallow and follow through
 USS, MRCP
 Invasive procedures
 UGIE
 ERCP
MANAGEMENT
 If cause is identifiable manage specifically
 Patients with IBS – bulking agents, anti
spasmodics sedatives
 Antacids and H2 receptor blockers
 Surgery for operable diseases
 If no obvious cause is identifiable
 ERCP
 Open surgery
OPEN SURGERY
 Ex lap
 Look for another cause
 Intra op cholangiogram
 Dissect neuroma and scar tissue around cystic
duct
 If pancreatic head is normal can do
sphincteroplasty
 If pancreatic head has chronic pancreatitis
proceed with choledocho duodenostomy
SPHINCTER OF ODDI DYSFUNCTION
 Complex muscular structure
 Surrounds distal CBD, pancreatic duct, ampulla
of Vater
 Caused by structural or functional abnormalities
 Fibrosis of sphincter from gallstone migration,
operative or endoscopic trauma, pancreatitis or
nonspecific inflammatory processes
 Sphincter dyskinesia or spasm
 ~1% of patient undergoing cholecystectomy
 Labs: ↑ amylase, LFT
 ERCP: delayed emptying of contrast medium
from CBD
 ↑ basal sphincter pressure >40mmHg
 US: dilated CBD
MANAGEMENT
 High-dose Ca channel blockers or nitrates,
but evidence not convincing
 Sphincterotomy (endoscopic or
transduodenal)
 Mucosa-mucosa apposition in surgical
approach can minimize scarring and
restenosis
 60-80% successful if have documented
objective evidence
THANK YOU……………….

Post cholecystectomy syndrome

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    POST CHOLECYSTECTOMY SYNDROME NuwanGunapala Registrar wd40B/ 21
  • 2.
    OBJECTIVES  Definition  Epidemiology Aetiology  Pathophysiology  Clinical features  Investigations  Management
  • 3.
    OUR EXPERIENCE……  MrsDhanuka perera  Later found to have duodenal carcinoma  Mrs Nei Sherine  Expired from caecal carcinoma  Mr H A Jyasena  Has undergone emergency subtotal cholecystectomy later found to have retained stones and underwent choledocho-jejunostomy and currently recovering from surgery.
  • 4.
    WHAT IS IT?  First describe in 1947  It is persistence of symptoms following cholecystectomy  continuation of symptoms which was thought to be caused by gall bladder  development of new symptoms usually attributed to gall bladder  symptoms due to absence of gall bladder
  • 5.
    EPIDEMIOLOGY  15% ofpatients develop the symptoms  Incidence is high in patients who didn’t have gallstones  Also high in emergency surgery patients  Pre-operative secure diagnosis reduce incidence  Functional disorders are the most common causes  Prior surgery, bile spillage or stone spillage doesn’t increase the incidence
  • 6.
    PATHOPHYSIOLOGY  Due toincrease bile flow in to upper GI tract  bile reflux gastritis and esophagitis  Due to bile in the lower GI tract  diarrhoea and lower abdominal pain  Other symptoms could be resulting from structures in biliary tree or extra biliary structures
  • 7.
    AETIOLOGY  Hepato-biliary system Cystic duct and gall bladder remnant  Residual or reformed gall bladder  Stump cholelithasis  Neuroma  Liver  Fatty liver, sclerosing cholangitis, cirrhosis
  • 8.
     Biliary tract Cholangitis  Adhesions  Strictures  Cyst  Choledocholithiasis  Fistula
  • 9.
     Periampullary  Sphincteroddi dyskinesia, spasm, hypertrophy  Stricture  Papilloma  Pancreas  Pancreatitis  Pancreatic stones  Pancreatic cancer
  • 10.
    EXTRA BILIARY  Oesophagus Hiatal hernia  Achalasia  Stomach  Bile gastritis  PUD  Cancer  Duodenum  Adhesions  Diverticulum
  • 11.
    OTHER PATHOLOGIES  Colon Vascular  Angina  Small bowel  A cause can be identified in 95% of patients
  • 12.
    CLINICAL FEATURES  Colic Pain  Fever  Jaundice  Diarrhoea,  Bloating  Nausea
  • 13.
    INVESTIGATIONS  Aim isto exclude complication of cholecystectomy and identify other causes  Serology  FBC  LFT  Amylase  Imaging  chest x ray, abdominal x ray,  barium swallow and follow through  USS, MRCP
  • 14.
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    MANAGEMENT  If causeis identifiable manage specifically  Patients with IBS – bulking agents, anti spasmodics sedatives  Antacids and H2 receptor blockers  Surgery for operable diseases  If no obvious cause is identifiable  ERCP  Open surgery
  • 16.
    OPEN SURGERY  Exlap  Look for another cause  Intra op cholangiogram  Dissect neuroma and scar tissue around cystic duct  If pancreatic head is normal can do sphincteroplasty  If pancreatic head has chronic pancreatitis proceed with choledocho duodenostomy
  • 17.
    SPHINCTER OF ODDIDYSFUNCTION  Complex muscular structure  Surrounds distal CBD, pancreatic duct, ampulla of Vater  Caused by structural or functional abnormalities  Fibrosis of sphincter from gallstone migration, operative or endoscopic trauma, pancreatitis or nonspecific inflammatory processes  Sphincter dyskinesia or spasm  ~1% of patient undergoing cholecystectomy
  • 18.
     Labs: ↑amylase, LFT  ERCP: delayed emptying of contrast medium from CBD  ↑ basal sphincter pressure >40mmHg  US: dilated CBD
  • 19.
    MANAGEMENT  High-dose Cachannel blockers or nitrates, but evidence not convincing  Sphincterotomy (endoscopic or transduodenal)  Mucosa-mucosa apposition in surgical approach can minimize scarring and restenosis  60-80% successful if have documented objective evidence
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