BACKGROUND/AIMS: Patients with a choledochal cyst previously treated by internal drainage should undergo secondary cyst excision. The results of such secondary excisions have not yet been reported. METHODOLOGY: Over a 27-year period, 121 patients underwent excision of a choledochal cyst at our hospitals. Of these, 14 patients underwent secondary cyst excision following internal drainage. These patients were compared retrospectively with the remaining 107 patients who underwent primary cyst excision. RESULTS: Blood loss and operative time were greater, and early and late post-operative complications were significantly more frequent in the secondary excision group. Wound infection (early complication), pancreatic stones (late complication), and hepatolithiasis (late complication) were significantly more common in the secondary excision group. Histologically, inflammation and biliary glands were more frequently seen in the resected bile ducts in the secondary excision group. CONCLUSIONS: The long-term results of secondary excision of choledochal cysts are worse than after primary excision. The frequent late complications may be related to the development of biliary glands as a consequence of cyst-enterostomy.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Patients with a choledochal cyst previously treated by internal drainage should undergo secondary cyst excision. The results of such secondary excisions have not yet been reported. METHODOLOGY: Over a 27-year period, 121 patients underwent excision of a choledochal cyst at our hospitals. Of these, 14 patients underwent secondary cyst excision following internal drainage. These patients were compared retrospectively with the remaining 107 patients who underwent primary cyst excision. RESULTS: Blood loss and operative time were greater, and early and late post-operative complications were significantly more frequent in the secondary excision group. Wound infection (early complication), pancreatic stones (late complication), and hepatolithiasis (late complication) were significantly more common in the secondary excision group. Histologically, inflammation and biliary glands were more frequently seen in the resected bile ducts in the secondary excision group. CONCLUSIONS: The long-term results of secondary excision of choledochal cysts are worse than after primary excision. The frequent late complications may be related to the development of biliary glands as a consequence of cyst-enterostomy.
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