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Biliary Disorders in Morbidly Obese Patients Before and After Sleeve Gastrectomy

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Background: Obesity is an increasingly serious public health problem on a global level. Morbid obesity is defined as a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 40 Kg/m2 or more or a BMI of 35 Kg/m2 or more with obesity related comorbidities. Morbid obesity is associated with an increased incidence of wide spectrum medical and surgical pathological problems. Objective: To clarify the relation between morbid obesity, rapid loss of weight after sleeve gastrectomy and gallstone formation and if there is a need for adding prophylactic cholecystectomy during sleeve gastrectomy to obtain the best possible results after surgery. Patients and Methods: A total number of 50 morbidly obese patients were included in the study from September 2018 to April 2019 (prospective study). All patients were treated at Surgery Department of Al-Azhar University Hospitals. Males and females were considered for inclusion. Results: In our study, five cases (10%) underwent simultaneous cholecystectomy (selective cholecystectomy) for their asymptomatic gall stones detected by routine pre-operative pelvi-abdominal ultrasound. Simultaneous cholecystectomy was associated by a significant increase in the operative time by about 36 minutes without effect on the post-operative morbidity or hospital stay compared with other patients with no gallstones. Conclusion: Sleeve Gastrectomy for morbidly obese patients was followed by gall bladder stones in only 6.2%. Therefore, prophylactic intra-operative cholecystectomy seems to be not indicated and should be replaced by short-term (3 months only) of oral ursodeoxycholec acid during the period of maximum weight loss.

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10.21608/ejhm.2019.32976

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sleeve gastrectomy, morbidly obese

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Essam El-Dien Abd El-Azim

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Zayed

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Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine - Al-Azhar University

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Abd El-Hafez Abd EL-Aziz

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Selim

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Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine - Al-Azhar University

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Mohamed Ahmed Suliman

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Abd El-Hafez

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Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine - Al-Azhar University

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dr.muhammadsuliman@gmail.com

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75

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5

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5450

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2019-04-01

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2019-05-23

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2019-04-01

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2,783

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1687-2002

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2090-7125

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Biliary Disorders in Morbidly Obese Patients Before and After Sleeve Gastrectomy

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22 Jan 2023