ArticleObesity surgery2017
Gallstone Disease After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in an Asian Population-What Proportion of Gallstones Actually Becomes Symptomatic?
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- Risk and Prophylactic Management of Gallstone Disease in Bariatric Surgery: a Systematic Review and A Bayesian meta-analysis.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2023Pooled it
- The Safety and Necessity of Concomitant Cholecystectomy During Bariatric Surgery in Patients with Obesity: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Obesity surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Cholecystectomy in Patients Submitted to Bariatric Procedure: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Obesity surgery · 2018Pooled it
- Association of Weight Loss with Gallstone Formation Following Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- Incidence of Gallstones in Patients with Obesity After Bariatric Surgery in Northern Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Clinics and practice · 2025Article
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- The Incidence of Cholelithiasis After Bariatric Surgery in Saudi Arabia and Its Associated Risk Factors.Cureus · 2023Article
- Incidence of symptomatic gallstones after bariatric surgery: the impact of expectant management.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Article
- Short-term outcomes after simultaneous gastrectomy plus cholecystectomy in gastric cancer: A pooling up analysis.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2023Article
- Comparison between Enteroscopy-, Laparoscopy- and Endoscopic Ultrasound-Assisted Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography in Patients with Surgically Altered Anatomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Incidence of Symptomatic Cholelithiasis Following Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Is Comparable to Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Cohort Study.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2022Article
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- Bariatric Surgery in Cebu, Philippines: Current Status and Initial Experience With Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.Cureus · 2021Article
- Increased Incidence of Symptomatic Cholelithiasis After Bariatric Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass and Previous Bariatric Surgery: a Single Center Experience.Obesity surgery · 2020Article
- The Incidence and Risk Factors of Cholelithiasis Development After Bariatric Surgery in Saudi Arabia: A Two-Center Retrospective Cohort Study.Frontiers in surgery · 2020Article
- Long-term outcomes of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy from the Indian subcontinent.Obesity surgery · 2019Article
- Factors Affecting the Development of Gallstones Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.Obesity surgery · 2019Article
- Effectiveness of Ursodeoxycholic Acid in the Prevention of Cholelithiasis After Sleeve Gastrectomy.Obesity surgery · 2019Article
- Bariatric Surgery Did Not Increase the Risk of Gallstone Disease in Obese Patients: a Comprehensive Cohort Study.Obesity surgery · 2019Article
- Is Concomitant Cholecystectomy Necessary for Asymptomatic Cholelithiasis During Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy?Obesity surgery · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite evidence on gallstone disease after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG), there is an existing lack of consensus on practice guidelines, i.e., surveillance and stone-lowering prophylaxis. Available evidence also has a racial bias as western reports predominate current data. Considering the growing popularity of LSG in Asia and the unique Asian anthropometrics, we have attempted to provide a regional perspective by reviewing our LSG database to investigate the epidemiology of this complication.
methodsOne hundred two morbidly obese cases were retrospectively reviewed. Abdominal ultrasounds were conducted preoperatively and at 12-month post-op. No gallstone-lowering prophylaxis was used. Outcome measure was the incidence of new gallstone formation at 1 year and the rate of symptomatic stones during the follow-up period.
resultsMean age was 43 years (range 20-68) with average initial BMI of 41.68 kg/m
conclusionOur results match western data in that gallstone formation is common after LSG though incidence of complicated stones is small. This is despite not using gallstone-lowering prophylaxis. The low conversion rate also questions the relevance of surveillance screening, as most patients with new gallstones remain asymptomatic at least in the short-term follow-up.
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