SynthesisLipids in health and disease2023
Incidence and risk factors for cholelithiasis after bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Incidence and risk factors of pediatric post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Comparative Risk of Gallstone Formation After Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Minimally Invasive Common Bile Duct Stone Management in Gastric Bypass Patients: Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration with Disposable Bronchoscope.Obesity surgery · 2024Trial
- Early and Late Complications After Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A Narrative Review.Journal of metabolic and bariatric surgery · 2026Review
- Nutrition Strategies for Next-Generation Incretin Therapies: A Systematic Scoping Review of the Current Evidence.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Article
- Overcoming Anatomical Challenges in Difficult Cholecystectomies: A Narrative Review on the Impact of ICG in Patients with Obesity.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Udca Dosage, Duration, and Initiation Timing for Post-metabolic Bariatric Surgery Scholelithiasis Prevention: A Scoping Review.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- Laparoscopic Biliary Revision for Choledocholithiasis After Roux-en-Y-Gastric Bypass: A Case Report and Discussion of Management Strategies.The American journal of case reports · 2026Article
- Bridging the nutrition guidance gap for GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy assisted weight loss: lessons from bariatric surgery.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Review
- Comparative Analysis of the Incidence of Post-bariatric Cholelithiasis in Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- Are We Over-Blaming Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery for Gallbladder Diseases It Did Not Cause? The Impact of Preoperative Ultrasound Practices.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- The promise of incretin-based pharmacotherapies for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease.Hepatology international · 2025Review
- The roles of lifestyle factors and genetic risk in the association between night shift work and cholelithiasis: a prospective cohort study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Re: Remnant Gastrectomy and Gastric Bypass: A Systematic Review of Indications and Outcomes of Resectional Gastric Bypass.Obesity surgery · 2024Article
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- Biliary complications associated with weight loss, cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis.World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics · 2024Review
- Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Outcomes of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: a Nationwide Inpatient Sample Analysis, 2005-2018.Obesity surgery · 2024Article
- Mendelian randomization study on the causal relationship between food and cholelithiasis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundObesity has been identified as an independent risk factor for cholelithiasis. As a treatment for obesity, bariatric surgery may increase the incidence of cholelithiasis. The risk factors for cholelithiasis after bariatric surgery remain uncertain. The purpose of this study was to explore the risk factors for postoperative cholelithiasis after weight-loss surgery and propose suggestions for clinical decision making.
methodsFour databases, PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science and Cochrane, were systematically searched for all reports about cholelithiasis after bariatric surgery, and literature screening was performed following prespecified inclusion criteria. The included studies were all evaluated for quality according to the NOS scale. Data extraction was followed by analysis using Reviewer Manager 5.4 and StataSE 15.
resultsA total of 19 articles were included in this meta-analysis, and all studies were of high quality. A total of 20,553 patients were included in this study. Sex [OR = 0.62, 95% CI (0.55, 0.71), P < 0.00001] and race [OR = 1.62, 95% CI (1.19, 2.19), P = 0.002] were risk factors for cholelithiasis after bariatric surgery. Surgical procedure, preoperative BMI, weight-loss ratio, smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia were neither protective nor risk factors for cholelithiasis after bariatric surgery.
conclusionCaucasian race and female sex are risk factors for developing cholelithiasis after bariatric surgery; surgical procedure, BMI, weight loss ratio, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, and smoking are not risk factors for cholelithiasis after bariatric surgery.
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