Should all gallbladders be examined routinely or selectively by microscopy after cholecystectomy? Population-based Dutch study over a decade

B J G A Corten; E A J de Savornin Lohman; W K G Leclercq; R M H Roumen; R Verhoeven; P H van Zwam; P R de Reuver; C H C Dejong; G D Slooter

doi:10.1093/bjs/znaa161

Should all gallbladders be examined routinely or selectively by microscopy after cholecystectomy? Population-based Dutch study over a decade

Br J Surg. 2021 Apr 5;108(3):e131-e132. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znaa161.

Authors

B J G A Corten^{1

2}, E A J de Savornin Lohman³, W K G Leclercq¹, R M H Roumen¹, R Verhoeven⁴, P H van Zwam⁵, P R de Reuver³, C H C Dejong², G D Slooter¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Máxima Medical Centre, Veldhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
² Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
⁴ Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Pathology, PAMM Laboratory for Pathology and Medical Microbiology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Abstract

The need for routine histopathological examination of gallbladders after cholecystectomy is debated. This study suggests that selective histopathological examination of the gallbladder may be considered oncologically safe.

While the necessity of a routine histopathologic examination of gallbladders after cholecystectomy is debated. This study suggests that a selective histopathologic examination of the gallbladder may be considered as oncologically safe.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Cholecystectomy*
Clinical Decision-Making
Gallbladder / pathology*
Gallbladder Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Humans
Microscopy*
Missed Diagnosis / prevention & control
Netherlands
Retrospective Studies