TY - JOUR
T1 - Intraoperative ultrasound and prophylactic ursodiol for gallstone prevention following laparoscopic gastric bypass
AU - Scott, D. J.
AU - Villegas, L.
AU - Sims, T. L.
AU - Hamilton, E. C.
AU - Provost, D. A.
AU - Jones, D. B.
PY - 2003/11
Y1 - 2003/11
N2 - Background: Previous studies have shown that ursodiol decreases gallstone formation from 32% to 2% following open gastric bypass, but no data exist on laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) using intraoperative ultrasound (IOUS) screening. Methods: LRYGB with IOUS were performed on 195 consecutive patients. Patients with gallstones underwent simultaneous cholecystectomy, and patients without gallstones were prescribed ursodiol, 300 mg twice daily, for 6 month. Follow-up survey and ultrasound. Results: Of 195 patients, 44 (23%) had had a prior cholecystectomy, 21 (11%) underwent a simultaneous cholecystectomy, 129 (66%) had gallbladders left intact, and one (0.5%) false negative IOUS was excluded. Of 69 patients with ultrasound and survey follow-up (mean, 10 months), 19 (28%) developed gallstones seven with symptoms), and 50 (72%) were gallstone free. Forty-one percent of patients were compliant with ursodiol. There was no difference in compliance between patients with and without gallstones. In patients with gallstones, all of the symptomatic patients were noncompliant, whereas none of the compliant patients developed symptoms. Medication side-effects occurred in 17 of 69 patients (25%). Conclusions: IOUS during LRYGB efficiently screens for gallstones, and selective cholecystectomy followed by prophylactic ursodiol results in low morbidity. Improvements in compliance may lower the incidence of postoperative gallstone formation.
AB - Background: Previous studies have shown that ursodiol decreases gallstone formation from 32% to 2% following open gastric bypass, but no data exist on laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) using intraoperative ultrasound (IOUS) screening. Methods: LRYGB with IOUS were performed on 195 consecutive patients. Patients with gallstones underwent simultaneous cholecystectomy, and patients without gallstones were prescribed ursodiol, 300 mg twice daily, for 6 month. Follow-up survey and ultrasound. Results: Of 195 patients, 44 (23%) had had a prior cholecystectomy, 21 (11%) underwent a simultaneous cholecystectomy, 129 (66%) had gallbladders left intact, and one (0.5%) false negative IOUS was excluded. Of 69 patients with ultrasound and survey follow-up (mean, 10 months), 19 (28%) developed gallstones seven with symptoms), and 50 (72%) were gallstone free. Forty-one percent of patients were compliant with ursodiol. There was no difference in compliance between patients with and without gallstones. In patients with gallstones, all of the symptomatic patients were noncompliant, whereas none of the compliant patients developed symptoms. Medication side-effects occurred in 17 of 69 patients (25%). Conclusions: IOUS during LRYGB efficiently screens for gallstones, and selective cholecystectomy followed by prophylactic ursodiol results in low morbidity. Improvements in compliance may lower the incidence of postoperative gallstone formation.
KW - Gallstone formation
KW - Intraoperative ultrasonography
KW - Obesity surgery
KW - Rouxen-Y gastric bypass
KW - Ursodiol
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U2 - 10.1007/s00464-002-8930-7
DO - 10.1007/s00464-002-8930-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 12958683
AN - SCOPUS:0346103841
SN - 0930-2794
VL - 17
SP - 1796
EP - 1802
JO - Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques
JF - Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques
IS - 11
ER -