Management of biliary symptoms after bariatric surgery
Joel R Brockmeyer1, Brandon T Grover2, Kara J Kallies3
1Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery and Advanced Laparoscopy Fellowship, Department of Medical Education, Gundersen Medical Foundation, La Crosse, WI, USA.
Background:
Biliary disease requiring intervention can be complicated in the postbariatric surgery patient.
Methods:
A retrospective review was completed to identify patients who underwent laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy from September 2001 to September 2014, and those who underwent biliary intervention were identified.
Results:
A total of 1527 patients underwent bariatric surgery during the study period. Of the 1,112 patients without prior cholecystectomy, 91 (8%) had biliary symptoms requiring intervention. Ninety patients underwent cholecystectomy, with 86 successfully completed laparoscopically. Six patients required laparoscopy-assisted percutaneous transgastric endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography along with cholecystectomy to clear gallstones from the common bile duct. Three patients who had undergone cholecystectomy before bariatric surgery developed primary common bile duct stones.
Conclusions:
Surgery for biliary disease after bariatric surgery can be completed successfully with minimal complications, and percutaneous transgastric endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography has a high success rate of access to and clearance of the biliary tree.
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