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The Prevalence of Cholecystectomy and its Associated Risk Factors and Complications in Saudi Arabia

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Background: despite the modern life and people knowledge about certain diseases, the prevalence of cholecystectomy procedures have been increased in the recent years in Saudi Arabia.
Objectives: prevalence of cholecystectomy is almost known in the modern countries. This study was done to know the prevalence cholecystectomy procedures in Saudi Arabia.
Methods: a cross-sectional study on knowing the prevalence of cholecystectomy procedures in Saudi Arabia was distributed among men and women from January to February 2018 on 523 participants on many different social media platforms.
Results: 6.5% of the participants had done cholecystectomy procedure. 32.4% of the participants who had the procedure suffered from post procedure complications. Regarding risk factors that may lead to cholecystectomy procedure, 45.5% of the participants had a positive family history of cholecystectomy, 44.5% of the participants were obese, 27.6% were smoker, 25.8% ate high fat diet, 17.5% suffered from chronic constipation, 12.6% suffered from chronic cough, 8.3% had major surgeries, 7.7% were diabetic, 5.2% had been admitted to ICU, 4.6% suffered from urinary retention, 2.1% had major trauma, 1.25% had been diagnosed with atherosclerosis disease and 37.7% were having no risk factors. 61.4% of the participants thought that cholecystectomy is the definite treatment of cholecystitis.
Conclusion: at the end of this study, we found out that cholecystectomy procedure is increased among people in Saudi Arabia and multiple people are suffering from many risk factors that may lead to cholecystitis and then cholecystectomy procedure eventually

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Cholecystectomy, Obesity, Smoking

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Sultan Mahja

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Marzouq Alanazi

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College of Medicine University of Hail

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sulti7@yahoo.com

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Abrar Hamad Saleh Alageel 1, Faisal Fahad Aljuaid 2, Marwan Ahmed Jaafari 2,

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Nojoud Mohammed Abdullah Al_Farhan 3, Hussain Saad Bin Hussain Alahmari 3

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College of Medicine Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University2, College of Medicine King Khalid University3

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71

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5

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1649

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2018-04-01

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2018-02-03

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2018-04-01

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3,249

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3,253

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1687-2002

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2090-7125

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EJHM_Volume 71_Issue 5_Pages 3249-3253.pdf

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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The Prevalence of Cholecystectomy and its Associated Risk Factors and Complications in Saudi Arabia

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22 Jan 2023