Post cholecystectomy histopathological findings of gall bladder in a tertiary care hospital in Kathmandu - a retrospective study.

Anira Vaidya; Rakesh Roshan Sthapit; Niraj Banepale; Bishnu Prashad Shrestha

Volume : VI, Issue : XII, December - 2017

Post cholecystectomy histopathological findings of gall bladder in a tertiary care hospital in Kathmandu - a retrospective study.

Anira Vaidya, Rakesh Roshan Sthapit, Niraj Banepale, Bishnu Prashad Shrestha

Abstract :

Introduction

Gall bladder pathologies are one of the most common surgical conditions surgeons often come across. And cholecystectomy is most commonly performed surgery worldwide, majority for chronic cholecystitis.

Objective

Objective of our study was to analyze the different pathological findings of post cholecystectomy gall bladder specimens submitted to the pathology department of a tertiary care hospital in Kathmandu.

Methodology

This is a retrospective study that was carried out in a tertiary care hospital in Kathmandu. The records on histopathology reports of gallbladder specimens were obtained from the pathology department for patients operated from April 2014 to April 2017 Analysis was done in IBM SPSS statistics version 20.

Result

Out of the total 1330 histopathological reports of gall bladder specimens, 1063 gall bladder specimens were of female patients and remaining 267 specimens belonged to males. More than 50% of patients were from age group 21 - 40 (female, N=682 and male, N=101). Chronic cholecystitis was the most common finding of the histopathological reports of gall bladder specimens, 1319 (99.2%). Prevalence of carcinoma gall bladder was 0.4%.

Conclusion

Histopathological report is essential for the identification of various gall bladder pathologies. Chronic cholecystitis is the most common pathology encountered in cholecystectomy specimen.