title: [Surgical treatment of cholelithiasis in children. Role of cholecystotomy].
abstract: Cholelithiasis is a rare pathology in children and with a different etiology, composition and clinic than adult. Cholecystectomy is the standardized treatment. The cholecystectomy is an alternative treatment in childhood. We studied 30 patients, aged between 8 months and 13 years, 15 of them with cholecystectomy and 15 with removal of pigment gallstones. The patients were followed up for 3 months-11 years. Recurrent stone formation was noted in one patient. 14 of the patients were non-symptomatic with normal ecography controls.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Pediátrica, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca Ctra. del Palmar, s/n, Murcia.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Roqués Serradilla
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez Cantó
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Zambudio Carmona
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trujillo Ascanio
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Aranda García
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male