Liver cirrhosis formation after cholecystectomy (clinical analysis)

Abstract

The term post-cholecystectomy syndrome (PCES) includes a heterogeneous group of symptoms and changes in patients who have previously undergone cholecystectomy. Patients with PCEC may have abdominal pain, jaundice, or dyspeptic symptoms. Many of these complaints can be related to complications, including bile duct damage, bile fistulas, and left stones in the bile ducts. Late complications include recurrent stones in the bile ducts and bile duct strictures. With the increasing number of cholecystectomies performed during the laparoscopy era, the number of patients with PCES is also increasing. The article details the clinical case of the formation of scar changes in choledochus, right and left hepatic ducts, which led to cholestasis and cholangitis, as well as the formation of liver cirrhosis two years after cholecystectomy.

Keywords

• cholelithiasis
• cholecystectomy
• postcholecystectomy syndrome
• cholestasis
• cholangitis
• liver cirrhosis