Biliary surgery in the Southwestern American Indian.

Description: 

Three year of biliary surgery at the US Public Health Service Indian Hospital were reviewed. Results in 249 operative procedures on 237 patients were compared with large series involving mainly Caucasian patients. Overall operative mortality was 1.6% - all deaths occurring after cholecystostomy. Earlier age of symptomatic presentation for surgery, an increased incidence of choledocholithiasis, and an increased incidence of gallbladder carcinoma give evidence of the advanced biliary disease seen in the Southwestern American Indian.

People: 
Apache, Hopi, Pueblo of Laguna, Navajo, Pueblo of Zuni
Location Description: 

New Mexico NM

Protocol: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access
Community: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
Category: 
Miscellaneous
Original Date: 
1968
Creator: 
Sampliner JE, O'Connell DJ.
Rights: 
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Source: 
Archives of Surgery, Jan;96(1):1-3
Identifier: 
9905919
Subject: 
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Biliary Tract Diseases/complications, Biliary Tract Diseases/surgery, Carcinoma/surgery, Cholecystectomy/mortality, Cholecystitis/surgery, Cholelithiasis/Surgery, Female, Gallbladder/microbiology, Gallbladder Neoplasms/Epidemiology, Gallbladder Neoplasms/surgery, Humans, Indians, North American, Lung Diseases/complications, Male, Middle Aged, New Mexico, Postoperative Complications/epidemiology
Type: 
Journal Article