Postcholecystectomy syndrome

Definition

This describes the presence of abdominal symptoms after surgical removal of the gallbladder. Symptoms may include nausea and vomiting, bloating and diarrhoea, and pain in the upper right abdomen. The pain is often ascribed to discoordination of biliary sphincter of Oddi.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Certain specified biliary diseases

• DC14.0Haemorrhage of bile duct
• DC14.2Dyskinesia of sphincter of Oddi
• DC14.3Adenomyomatosis of gallbladder