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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care

Incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Ranendra Hajong, Malaya Ranjan Dhal, Narang Naku, Buru Kapa

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ranendra HajongDepartment of General Surgery, NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
Malaya Ranjan DhalDepartment of General Surgery, NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
Narang NakuDepartment of General Surgery, NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
Buru KapaDepartment of General Surgery, NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionNonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) includes a host of disease spectrum ranging from simple steatosis to steatohepatitis, cirrhosis liver, and even hepatocellular carcinoma. NAFLD can occur at all ages, and the highest prevalence is found in the age group of 35-55 years. NAFLD is becoming the commonest cause leading to hepatic cirrhosis, but there is no prescribed therapy for this common condition. Reduction in body weight may reverse the condition.

aimTo find the prevalence of NAFLD in a cohort of patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy in this part of the country and also to evaluate the usefulness of routine liver biopsy for the diagnosis of NAFLD. MATERIALS AND

methodsInterventional type of cross-sectional study. In all, 200 consecutive patients underwent a liver biopsy at the end of a standard laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and detailed histopathological examination was done. Clinical, biochemical, demographic, and anthropometric variables were obtained prospectively. NAFLD Activity Score (NAS) was obtained for each patient. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 22.

resultsA total of 200 patients (140 females and 60 males) were included in the study. In all, 138 patients were categorized as non-nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), 39 patients as borderline/suspicious NASH, and 23 patients had definitive NASH. A higher body mass index, weight, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein, alkaline phosphatise, and weight circumference were found in patients with NASH.

conclusionThe high prevalence of NAFLD in patients with gallstone disease may justify routine liver biopsy during cholecystectomy to establish the diagnosis, stage, and possibly direct therapy.

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Gallstone diseaseliver biopsyobesitysteatohepatitis

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