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JOSEPH HODGE, M.D.; CLAUDE BARRICK, M.D.; EDWARD McLAUGHLIN, M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1958;76(3):361-364.

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The etiological factors accounting for symptoms persisting or following cholecystectomy for gallbladder disease can be classified as calculi in the biliary ducts,^1,2 stricture of the common duct,^3,4 surgical factors,⁵ and re-formed gallbladder, with or without calculi.^6,7 Pericholedochal neuromata,⁸ long cystic duct stump,⁹ acute and recurring pancreatitis,¹⁰ spasm,¹⁰ fibrosis,¹¹ or anomalies of the sphincter of Oddi¹² have also been implicated. Other factors, namely, adhesions,¹³ anomalies of the biliary and pancreatic ducts,¹² neoplasms of the ampulla of Vater,¹⁴ bacterial sensitivity,¹⁵ and psychosomatic elements⁸ have also been mentioned. Upper abdominal symptoms following the use of sodium iodipamide (Cholagrafin)¹⁶ in intravenous cholangiography have been reported.

The purpose of this paper is to report an additional factor that may be classified as chemical, namely, the use of sodium o-iodohippurate, as Medopaque-H. This radiopaque material has been responsible for . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Submitted for publication June 4, 1957.

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