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ANALYSIS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF GALLSTONES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY FOR OBESITY

Dr Maryam Firdous, Dr Humairah Khalid, Dr Hajirah Khalid

Introduction: Rapid weight loss after bariatric surgery is one of many known risk factors for gallstone development, along with age, female gender, parity, race, obesity, genetics, very-low-calorie diets, short bowel syndrome, gallbladder motor dysfunction, diabetes, drugs and gastrointestinal surgery, among many others. Aims and objectives: The main objective of the study is to analyse the surgical treatment of gallstones in patients undergoing gastric bypass surgery for obesity. Material and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi during March 2019 to November 2019. The study participants were patients who developed acute pancreatitis and were diagnosed as patients of acute pancreatitis and visited the hospital. Inclusion criteria includes patients admitted to the surgical ward who had been diagnosed with acute pancreatitis. All patients who have any major surgery were excluded from this study. Results: The data was collected from 95 patients and we reviewed records from all patients treated for acute biliary pancreatitis. Records were obtained from the hospital database to assess the frequency of acute biliary pancreatitis in silent gall-stones. Acute pancreatitis was diagnosed based on characteristics signs and symptoms, amylase and lipase test or contrast enhanced abdominal computed tomography. Conclusion: Prophylactic and selective management can be safely performed and the only significant difference with patients not submitted to concomitant

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