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Mathur AV. Need for Prophylactic Cholecystectomy in Silent Gall Stones in North India. Indian J Surg Oncol. 2015;6(3):251-5doi: 10.1007/s13193-015-0418-8.
Mathur, A. V. (2015). Need for Prophylactic Cholecystectomy in Silent Gall Stones in North India. Indian journal of surgical oncology, 6(3), 251-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-015-0418-8
Mathur, Alok Vardhan. "Need for Prophylactic Cholecystectomy in Silent Gall Stones in North India." Indian journal of surgical oncology vol. 6,3 (2015): 251-5. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-015-0418-8
Mathur AV. Need for Prophylactic Cholecystectomy in Silent Gall Stones in North India. Indian J Surg Oncol. 2015 Sep;6(3):251-5. doi: 10.1007/s13193-015-0418-8. Epub 2015 Jun 05. PMID: 27217672; PMCID: PMC4856674.
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Indian J Surg Oncol. 2015 Sep;6(3):251-5. doi: 10.1007/s13193-015-0418-8. Epub 2015 Jun 05.

Need for Prophylactic Cholecystectomy in Silent Gall Stones in North India.

Indian journal of surgical oncology

Alok Vardhan Mathur

Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, Shri Guru Ram Rai Insititute of Medical and Health Sciences, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001 India.

PMID: 27217672 PMCID: PMC4856674 DOI: 10.1007/s13193-015-0418-8

Abstract

One of the criteria for recommending cholecystectomy for silent gall stones, is gall stones in regions with high incidence of gall bladder cancer. Both gall stones and gall bladder cancer are common in North India. All tertiary care centres in India report high rates of gall bladder cancer (GBC) incidence and poor treatment outcomes in the majority of cases due to advanced stage of presentation. Csendes of Chile has reported very high incidence of gallbladder cancer in Chile and Bolivia and advocated prophylactic cholecystectomy in asymptomatic patients. Incidence rate of gall bladder cancer in Indian males is equal to that of Chile, whereas in females, the rates are almost double the rates of Chile. Indians have also been found to have high concentrations of heavy metals in gall bladder wall, and antibodies to tumor suppressor genes. In India, gall bladder cancer is the commonest GI cancer in women and fourth commonest cancer overall in the female population. In view of the epidemiology and clinical scenario of gall bladder cancer and proven safety of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, there is a need to act before it is too late in the current rates of gall bladder cancer. This study looks at the evidence correlating gall stones and gall bladder cancer, in relation to India. There is pressing evidence today to justify a strategy of prophylactic cholecystectomy in silent gall stones in North India. Data for this study was selected through an internet based search for literature concerning gall stones and gall bladder cancer in India, and for prophylactic cholecystectomy.

Keywords: Gall bladder cancer; Gall bladder stones; India; Prophylactic cholecystectomy

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