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Risk and Prophylactic Management of Gallstone Disease in Bariatric Surgery: a Systematic Review and A Bayesian meta-analysis.

Filipe Amorim-CruzHugo Santos-SousaMiguel RibeiroJorge NogueiroAndré PereiraFernando ResendeAndré Costa-PinhoJohn PretoEduardo Lima-da-CostaBernardo Sousa-Pintonull null
Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2023)
The risk of de novo symptomatic GD after BS is not substantially high. Although mortality is similar between groups, odds of major postoperative complications were higher in patients submitted to BS + prophylactic CCY. It is still arguable if prophylactic CCY is a fitting approach for patients with a preoperative lithiasic gallbladder.
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