The role of pathological changes of biliopancreatoduodenal zone in development of postcholecystectomy syndrome

UNLABELLED: Study of the role of biliopancreatoduodenal pathological changes in the development of postcholecystectomy syndrome. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Diagnostic complex, including endosonography has been performed in 138 patients with calculous cholecystitis with a significant risk of choledocholithiasis and 112 patients with postcholecystectomy syndrome. RESULTS: The same spectrum of pathological changes of biliopancreatoduodenal zone in both groups was discovered. CONCLUSIONS: The pathological changes of biliopancreatoduodenal zone in patients with postcholecystectomy syndrome most likely to appear before the operation.