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Key Points for Cholelithiasis and Gallstone Ileus Prevention Following Biliointestinal Bypass.
Am J Case Rep
July 2019
Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
BACKGROUND Biliointestinal bypass is a malabsorptive procedure for surgical treatment of morbid obesity. It is the evolution of jejunoileal bypass, and it is characterized by a cholecysto-jejunostomy on the proximal end of the excluded jejunum, therefore, allowing bile flow through the excluded bowel loop reducing the risk of postoperative diarrhea and malabsorption syndrome. Obesity is a well-known risk factor for cholelithiasis; moreover, bariatric surgery has been showed to increases the risk of gallstones formation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLong-term outcomes of surgery for choledochal cysts: a single-institution study focusing on follow-up and late complications.
Surg Today
September 2018
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Research Field in Medicine and Health Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences Area, Research and Education Assembly, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8520, Japan.
Purpose: The late postoperative complications of choledochal cyst (CC) surgery are serious and include intrahepatic stones and biliary carcinoma; therefore, long-term follow-up is crucial.
Methods: The subjects of this retrospective study were patients who underwent surgery for CC at Kagoshima University Hospital between April, 1984 and December, 2016. We analyzed the operative results, early and late postoperative complications, and postoperative follow-up rate.
[Gallstone ileus--prevention by individual preventive cholecystectomy?].
Chirurg
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