A Histopathological Study of Gallbladder After Cholecystectomy

Abstract

BACKGROUND Gall bladder disease is not an uncommon disorder. Most of the cases admitted in the hospitals require surgical intervention. Routine examination of the gall bladder after cholecystectomy shows different histopathological changes ranging from inflammation to premalignant and carcinoma. Although gall bladder disease is most often found in women, men may have this condition as well. The objectives of the study are-1) To study the histopathological changes in gall bladder surgically removed in surgery department of MGM Medical College Hospital, Jamshedpur. 2) To find out the incidence of carcinoma and other gall bladder diseases in routine cholecystectomies. MATERIALS AND METHODS The present study is based on histopathological analysis of 174 cases of cholecystectomy specimens from January 2015 to December 2016 in the