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ReviewWorld journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics2024

Biliary complications associated with weight loss, cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis.

Marcelo A Ribeiro, Gabriela K Tebar, Helena B Niero, Leticia S Pacheco

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Review in World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Atypical Biliary Fistula After Revisional Bariatric Surgery: A Case Report.Journal of metabolic and bariatric surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Marcelo A RibeiroDepartment of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi 11001, United Arab Emirates.
Gabriela K TebarDepartment of Surgery, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo-Sorocaba, Sorocaba 18030070, SP, Brazil.
Helena B NieroDepartment of Surgery, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo-Campus Sorocaba, Sorocaba 18030070, SP, Brazil.
Leticia S PachecoDepartment of Surgery, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo-Campus Sorocaba, Sorocaba 18030070, SP, Brazil.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biliary complications like cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis are more common in bariatric surgery patients due to obesity and rapid weight loss. Patients with a body mass index > 40 face an eightfold risk of developing cholelithiasis. Post-bariatric surgery, especially after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB), 30% of patients develop biliary disease due to rapid weight loss. The aim of this review is to analyze the main biliary complications that occur after bariatric surgery and its management. A review of the literature was conducted mainly from 2010 up to 2023 with regard to biliary complications associated with bariatric patients in SciELO, PubMed, and MEDLINE. Patients undergoing LRYGB have a higher incidence (14.5%) of symptomatic calculi post-surgery compared to those undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy at 4.1%. Key biliary complications within 6 to 12 months post-surgery include: Cholelithiasis: 36%; Biliary colic/dyskinesia: 3.86%; Acute cholecystitis: 0.98%-18.1%; Chronic cholecystitis: 70.2%; Choledocholithiasis: 0.2%-5.7% and Pancreatitis: 0.46%-9.4%. Surgeons need to be aware of these complications and consider surgical treatments based on patient symptoms to enhance their quality of life.

Indexed as

Acute cholecystitisBariatric surgeryCholedocholithiasisCholelithiasisComplications

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PMID38983103
PMCPMC11229836

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