Systematic review with meta‐analysis: cholecystectomy for biliary dyskinesia—what can the gallbladder ejection fraction tell us?

• Published in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics Vol. 49; no. 6; pp. 654 - 663
• Main Authors: Gudsoorkar, Vineet S., Oglat, Ayah, Jain, Amita, Raza, Ali, Quigley, Eamonn M. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.03.2019
• Subjects: Biliary Dyskinesia - physiopathology; Biliary Dyskinesia - surgery; Cholecystectomy; Cholecystectomy - methods; Cholecystectomy - trends; Cholecystitis; Dyskinesia; Ejection fraction; Gallbladder; Gallbladder - physiology; Gallbladder - surgery; Gallbladder Diseases - physiopathology; Gallbladder Diseases - surgery; Gallbladder Emptying - physiology; Humans; Meta-analysis; Patients; Placebos; Radionuclide Imaging - methods; Retrospective Studies; Scintigraphy; Stroke Volume; Surgery

Summary Background Gallbladder dyskinesia (gallbladder spasm, biliary dyskinesia or chronic acalculous cholecystitis) is a poorly defined entity which presents as biliary‐type pain without any identifiable organic pathology. Abnormal gallbladder ejection fraction (GBEF) is used by some to select tho...