title: [Microbial contamination of the bile and its effects on the course of the surgical wound after cholecystectomy].
abstract: From a series of 58 cholecystectomies for chronic cholecystitis or for asymptomatic cholelithiasis, the authors have retrieved: 1) gall microbial contamination in 15,5% of the samples under study; 2) a complicated evolution--according to criteria defined for this research--of the operative wounds in 37,5% of the cases with positive gall cultures, and in 11% when the gall was sterile. It is the authors' opinion that cholecystectomy shows an actual septic risk, even in a non-acute clinical stage.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001646:Bile / Q000382:microbiology*; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000601:surgery; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology*
vernacular_title: Etude de la contamination microbienne de la bile lithiasique et de son incidence sur l'évolution des plaies opératoires après cholecystectomie.