Ejection Fraction of Normal Gall Bladder on Ultrasonography in Patients With Biliary Colic: Is it a Predictor of Cholecystectomy?
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
In this study investigators aim to evaluate gallbladder ejection fraction as a predictor for cholecystectomy.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
---|---|---|
|
N/A |
Detailed Description
The flow of bile through the biliary system is a complex process that depends on the hormonal environment, digestive phase, and functional response of the gallbladder and sphincter of Oddi to all of these factors. Biliary dyskinesia is a disorder of some component of biliary part of the digestive system in which bile cannot physically flow in the proper direction through the tubular biliary tract which causes biliary colic as defined by Rome IV criteria.
Functional causes of biliary pain, also referred to as biliary dyskinesia, are biliary hypokinesia , biliary hyperkinesia and sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD). The exact pathology of functional biliary colic is still unknown. Reviewing Literature status, There is still some debate about the best method to establish the diagnosis gallbladder dyskinesia and hyperkinesia and whether or not ejection fraction is an accurate predictor of outcome. Which led to difficult.
Biliary dyskinesia is identified through gallbladder ejection fraction (GBEF), which is calculated as the flow of radioactive tracer that is ejected from the gallbladder. A GBEF of <35% is considered dyskinesia and a GBEF of <35% is considered hyperkinesia. Patients considered for CCK-HIDA (cholecystokinin hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid) are those presenting with functional biliary pain based on the Rome IV criteria. Those who present with atypical pain may not need as HIDA (hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid) as the presentation may be from other pathology.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
---|---|
Experimental: operative
|
Procedure: cholecystectomy
cholecystectomy
Drug: Antispasmodic
Antispasmodic
|
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Rate of quality of life improvment after cholecystectomy according to ROME IV criteria [6 months]
abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
-
Patients older than 14 years of age
-
food-related abdominal pain
-
normal gallbladder ultrasound (US)
-
GB EF 80% and greater or 35% and less on HIDA scan with CCK injection
Exclusion Criteria:
-
Patients younger than 14 years old
-
Patients with the positive US defined as the presence of gallstones, gallbladder wall thickening (> 4 mm), pericholecystic fluid, sludge, or polyps
-
Normal GB EF
Contacts and Locations
Locations
No locations specified.Sponsors and Collaborators
- Assiut University
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- GB EF biliary colic normal US