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- Title
Citations and Clinicians' Notes: Stomach, Duodenum and Gallbladder.
- Authors
Hamad, G. G.; Ikramuddin, S.; Gourash, W. F.; Schauer, P. R.; Huscher, C. G.; Lirici, M. M.; di Paola, M.; Crafa, F.; Napolitano, C.; Mereu, A.; Recher, A.; Corradi, A.; Amini, M.; Park, C. H.; Sohn, Y. H.; Lee, W. S.; Joo, Y. E.; Choi, S. K.; Rew, J. S.; Kim, S. J.
- Abstract
Prophylactic cholecystectomy has been advocated for the morbidly obese undergoing open gastric bypass surgery. The rationale for this is that rapid weight loss following bariatric surgery leads to gallstone formation in a significant number of patients due to increased hepatic secretion of cholesterol. In this article, patients with a preoperative diagnosis of asymptomatic gallstones on ultrasound were selected to undergo combined laparoscopic gastric bypass and cholecystectomy. Outcomes were compared with a similar group undergoing laparoscopic gastric bypass only.
- Subjects
GALLSTONES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; GALLBLADDER; BARIATRIC surgery; WEIGHT loss
- Publication
Current Medical Literature: Gastroenterology, 2003, Vol 22, Issue 4, p39
- ISSN
0263-2659
- Publication type
Article