Jaundice surgery

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Eiman Ghaffarpasand, M.D. [2]

Overview

Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with jaundice. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either cirrhosis, cholestasis, and liver failure. The surgical procedures which are used to treat jaundice include transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting (TIPS), cholecystectomy, and liver transplantation.

Surgery

Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with jaundice. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either:

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TIPS would decrease the pressure over the portal system and a decreases risk of complications, such as:^[1]

Liver transplantation is indicated in case of liver failure.
Liver failure may be due to any diseases including cirrhosis or chronic portal hypertension.^[4]

References

↑ Lahat E, Lim C, Bhangui P, Fuentes L, Osseis M, Moussallem T, Salloum C, Azoulay D (2017). “Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt as a bridge to non-hepatic surgery in cirrhotic patients with severe portal hypertension: a systematic review”. HPB (Oxford). doi:10.1016/j.hpb.2017.09.006. PMID 29110990.
↑ Nagral S (2005). “Anatomy relevant to cholecystectomy”. J Minim Access Surg. 1 (2): 53–8. doi:10.4103/0972-9941.16527. PMC 3004105. PMID 21206646.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 “Gallbladder, Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic – StatPearls – NCBI Bookshelf”.
↑ Starzl TE, Van Thiel D, Tzakis AG, Iwatsuki S, Todo S, Marsh JW; et al. (1988). “Orthotopic liver transplantation for alcoholic cirrhosis”. JAMA. 260 (17): 2542–4. PMC 3091380. PMID 3050180.

Overview