Titre du document / Document title

Gallstones in patients with morbid obesity. Relationship to body weight, weight loss and gallbladder bile cholesterol solubility

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

SHIFFMAN M. L. ; SUGERMAN H. J. ; KELLUM J. H. ; BREWER W. H. ; MOORE E. W. ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

Virginia commonwealth univ., medical coll. Virginia, dep. medicine, Richmond VA, ETATS-UNIS

Résumé / Abstract

Gallstones are common in obesity, and in individuals undergoing weight reduction. However, the relationships between body weight, weight reduction, gallbladder bile composition and gallstone formation are not well understood. The present studies were conducted on a cohort of 230 morbidly obese individuals preoenting for bariatric surgery. Mean body weight ranged from 90-235.4 kg (mean: 136.2 kg). Body mass index (BMI) ranged from 35.4-94.7 kg/m². Thirty-two patients (14%) had undergone prior cholecystectomy and 48 (21%) were found to have gallstones by intra-operative ultrasonography

Revue / Journal Title

International journal of obesity   ISSN 0307-0565   CODEN IJOBDP 

Source / Source

1993, vol. 17, n^o3, pp. 153-158 (33 ref.)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Nature Publishing, Basingstoke, ROYAUME-UNI  (1977) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Obesity ; Complication ; Human ; Body weight ; Body size ; Lipids ; Cholesterol ; Lithiasis ; Gallbladder ; Hepatic disease ; Digestive diseases ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Obésité ; Complication ; Homme ; Poids corporel ; Taille corporelle ; Lipide ; Cholestérol ; Lithiase ; Vésicule biliaire ; Foie pathologie ; Solubilité ; Appareil digestif pathologie ;

Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords

Obesidad ; Complicación ; Hombre ; Peso corporal ; Talla corporal ; Lípido ; Colesterol ; Litiasis ; Vesícula biliar ; Hígado patología ; Aparato digestivo patología ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 18243, 35400003655173.0050