Introduction. Post-cholecystectomy cholangitis represents a controversial issue within the medical literature due to the polymorphism of the generating causes and due to the difficulties connected to its diagnosis and therapy.
Material and methods. The assessment of the study was performed on two batches of patients, namely 221 patients hospitalized at Surgery Departments and another batch of 109 patients hospitalized at the Gastroenterology Department all having post-cholecystectomy cholangitis as their main diagnosis. The assessment criteria were suggestive laboratory and imagery investigations and therapeutic management.
Results. If we compare the laboratory profile of both batches, we can see that only the non-specific inflammatory syndrome has shown significant differences statistically (way more frequent in case of patients hospitalized at the Gastroenterology Department), while the biliary-excretion, the cholestatic and hepatic cytolysis syndromes had approximately the same prevalence. In both batches, the treatment methods used were mainly pharmacology methods, and in a small number of cases retrograde endoscopic cholangiopancreatography. There were also a few cases where invasive surgery was applied.
Conclusion. An increased clinical suspicion, an early recognition based on laboratory and imagery investigations, a prompt therapy initiation, and a balanced and correct anti-microbial management, endoscopic and surgical, need the implication of complex teams of clinicians.
