Abstract |
To further investigate the relationship between gallbladder disease and morbid obesity, 92 morbidly obese patients underwent routine cholecystectomy at the time of their bariatric procedures. The preoperative ultrasonographic findings were positive in only 20 patients. Of the 92 patients who underwent cholecystectomy, 87 (95 percent) had pathologic evidence of gallbladder disease. This included cholecystitis, cholesterolosis, cholelithiasis, or some combination of the three. The incidence of postoperative cholecystitis, the technical difficulty of reoperation, the unnecessary expense and exposure to a second hospitalization and a second operation are all completely eliminated when routine cholecystectomy is performed in concert with elective bariatric procedures.
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Authors | R Calhoun, O Willbanks |
Journal | American journal of surgery
(Am J Surg)
Vol. 154
Issue 6
Pg. 655-8
(Dec 1987)
ISSN: 0002-9610 [Print] United States |
PMID | 3425813
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adult
- Cholecystectomy
- Cholecystitis
(complications)
- Cholelithiasis
(complications)
- Cholesterol
- Female
- Gallbladder Diseases
(complications, diagnosis, surgery)
- Humans
- Jejunoileal Bypass
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Obesity, Morbid
(complications, therapy)
- Stomach
(surgery)
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