title: [Mirizzi syndrome: experience of 77 cases].
abstract: Mirizzi syndrome is estimated to occur in about 1% of cases requiring urgent or elective biliary tract surgery. The key anatomic finding is extrinsic compression of the common duct by a stone located in the gallbladder or cystic duct. Among patients operated on in the last 12 years we have found 77 patients meeting criteria to diagnose Mirizzi syndrome. 76% were females, usually over 40 years of age; jaundice was present in 98% and elevated alkaline phosphatase in 97% of cases. Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography allowed the diagnosis in 32 of 41 patients. The most common surgical technique involved a patch repair of the gallbladder over the Kehr tube in 45 patients. Eight patients required biliary-jejunal bypass. Eleven patients were reoperated on for benign stenosis of the biliary tract over a 1 month to 10 year period of follow up.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Jiménez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Palacios
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Correa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lopez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006500:Hepatic Duct, Common / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: Sindrome de Mirizzi: experiencia en 77 casos.