OBJECTIVE: To study the incidence of gallbladder polyps and the possibilities of modern methods of diagnosis and surgical treatment of this disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS: There were 42 laparoscopic cholecystectomies in patients with diagnosed gallbladder polyps. The polyps were diagnosed preoperatively. Intraoperative diagnosis during surgery for gallstone disease was observed in 3 cases. A comparative analysis of preoperative examination did not reveal any advantages of certain diagnostic approach. RESULTS: Hyperplastic polyp was the most common type (n=20, 47.6%), adenomatous polyps occurred in 19 (45.3%) cases, cholesteric polyps - in 3 (7.1%) patients. All patients had signs of chronic inflammation of the gallbladder wall with its infiltration by lymphocytes and histiocytes. CONCLUSION: Further studies with clear criteria for the diagnosis of gallbladder polyps including ones for determining true polyps, precancerous and malignant polyps are required.
OBJECTIVE: To study the incidence of gallbladder polyps and the possibilities of modern methods of diagnosis and surgical treatment of this disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS: There were 42 laparoscopic cholecystectomies in patients with diagnosed gallbladder polyps. The polyps were diagnosed preoperatively. Intraoperative diagnosis during surgery for gallstone disease was observed in 3 cases. A comparative analysis of preoperative examination did not reveal any advantages of certain diagnostic approach. RESULTS: Hyperplastic polyp was the most common type (n=20, 47.6%), adenomatous polyps occurred in 19 (45.3%) cases, cholesteric polyps - in 3 (7.1%) patients. All patients had signs of chronic inflammation of the gallbladder wall with its infiltration by lymphocytes and histiocytes. CONCLUSION: Further studies with clear criteria for the diagnosis of gallbladder polyps including ones for determining true polyps, precancerous and malignant polyps are required.