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Management of Acute Cholecystitis during Neoadjuvant Therapy in Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol 2019 Dec;26(13):4515-4521

Date

10/24/2019

Pubmed ID

31641946

DOI

10.1245/s10434-019-07906-7

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85074492297 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   7 Citations

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Patients with localized pancreatic cancer (PC) can develop acute cholecystitis during neoadjuvant therapy; optimal management remains undefined.

METHODS: Consecutive patients with localized PC who had indwelling biliary stents and received neoadjuvant therapy were reviewed. Time from stent placement to the development of acute cholecystitis was calculated. Patients were categorized as having surgical versus nonoperative management of cholecystitis. Time to PC resection was defined as the time from the start of treatment to pancreatic resection.

RESULTS: Of the 283 patients with indwelling biliary stents, acute cholecystitis occurred in 17 (6%) patients. The median time from the date of stent placement to the development of cholecystitis was 2.3 months [interquartile range (IQR) 4.6 months]. Acute cholecystitis was managed with cholecystostomy tube placement in 15 (88%) patients and cholecystectomy in 2 (12%). In total, 189 (67%) of the 283 patients completed all intended neoadjuvant therapy and surgery; 10 (59%) of the 17 patients with cholecystitis (10 of 15 managed with a cholecystostomy tube and 0 of 2 managed with cholecystectomy) and 179 (67%) of the 266 patients without cholecystitis (p = 0.47). The median time to PC resection was 3.2 months for the 179 patients without cholecystitis and 3.6 months for the 10 patients with cholecystitis (p = 1.00).

CONCLUSIONS: Acute cholecystitis occurred in 6% of patients with indwelling biliary stents during neoadjuvant therapy. Management with a cholecystostomy tube did not delay the completion of neoadjuvant therapy and surgery and should be considered the optimal management of this complication.

Author List

Jariwalla NR, Khan AH, Dua K, Christians KK, Clarke CN, Aldakkak M, George B, Tutton S, Rilling W, Erickson B, Evans DB, Tsai S

Authors

Kathleen K. Christians MD Professor in the Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Callisia N. Clarke MD Chief, Associate Professor in the Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Kulwinder S. Dua MD Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Beth A. Erickson MD Professor in the Radiation Oncology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Douglas B. Evans MD Chair, Professor in the Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Ben George MD Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
William S. Rilling MD, FSIR Vice Chair, Professor in the Radiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adenocarcinoma
Aged
Cholecystectomy
Cholecystitis, Acute
Cholecystostomy
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoadjuvant Therapy
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Stents