Is Routine Cholecystectomy Reasonable in All Patients Receiving a Bypass Procedure: a Comparative Cohort Study

N/ACompletedNCT01219166

Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen437 enrolled

Overview

Gallbladder management in bariatric surgery is controversially discussed. While some surgeons advocate routine prophylactic cholecystectomy (CCE) during Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) others advocate CCE only in patients with pathological gallbladder findings. The aim of this study was to evaluate the necessity of prophylactic CCE in patients receiving a laparoscopic RYGB.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

437

Conditions

Given Indication for Gastric Bypass Procedure

Interventions

Laparoscopic CholecystectomyPROCEDURE

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All patients who received a laparoscopic Roux-en-Y-gastric bypass Exclusion Criteria: * previous CCE * open gastric bypass procedure * previous bariatric procedure other than gastric banding * patients lost to follow up

Locations (1)

Department of surgery

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

biliary complications resulting from omitted prophylactic cholecystectomy

Time frame: 5 years

Secondary Outcomes

safety of concurrent cholecystectomy

Time frame: 30 days

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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