title: [Preventive operations of the gallbladder and bile ducts].
abstract: Prophylactic cholecystectomy is indicated for cholelithiasis in diabetic patients, in hemolytic anemias, before transplantations for focus treatment or implantation of a cardiac valve and also before travelling to countries with poor infrastructure; or for precancerous lesions like GB papilloma, porcelain gallbladder or cystic choledochus. Furthermore one can consider prophylactic indication for cholecystectomy for asymptomatic cholecystolithiasis in young patients in order to prevent complications in future.
authors.affiliation: Städt. Krankenhaus Köln-Holweide, Chirurgische Klinik, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Kienzle
mesh_terms: D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000601:surgery*; D002423:Cause of Death; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: Prophylaktische Operationen an der Gallenblase und an den Gallenwegen.