title: Oral cholecystographic findings and the incidence of wound infection after cholecystectomy.
abstract: Six hundred and sixty-one patients undergoing cholecystectomy were reviewed, and the over-all incidence of postoperative wound infection was found to be 18.6 per cent. Of the 274 patients who underwent cholecystography preoperatively, 150 were found to have functioning nonobstructed stone filled gallbladders. There were 12 postoperative wound infections in this group, 8 per cent. One hundred and twenty-four patients had nonfunctioning and obstructed gallbladders, 31 of whom, 25 per cent, had wound infections develop. The finding of an obstructed gallbladder upon oral cholecystography was associated with a high incidence of wound infection. This group should be considered for prophylactic antibiotics.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002765:Cholecystography / Q000379:methods*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003549:Cystic Duct; D005260:Female; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology*