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Cholecystectomy prior to short bowel syndrome does not alter nutritional prognosis

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By Jon Thompson, Fedja Rochling, Elizabeth Lyden, Shaheed Merani
| The American Journal of Surgery Verified
Previous cholecystectomy is common in patients with short bowel syndrome (SBS). An intact gallbladder is beneficial in preventing cirrhosis in SBS patients, but the nutritional consequences of cholecystectomy are largely unknown. Our aim was to evaluate the effect of pre-SBS cholecystectomy on need for chronic parenteral nutrition (PN). We reviewed 485 adults with SBS: 267 underwent cholecystectomy prior to SBS and 218 patients had an intact gallbladder.
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