Cholecystolithiasis after gastric bypass: A clinical, biochemical, and ultrasonographic 3-year follow-up study

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1594-1599

  Nagem, Rachid ^a   Lázaro Da Silva, Alcino ^b  

^a Ipsemg Hospital   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Cholecystectomy; Gallstones; Gastric bypass; Obesity

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH BYPASS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866080662     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-012-0710-4     Document Type: Article

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