Effects of Colectomy on Gallbladder Motility in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis |
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Authors: | Aderson O.M.C. Damiao Aytan M. Sipahi Denise P. Vezozzo Patricia L. Goncalves Angelita Habr-Gama Magaly G. Teixeira Julia T. Fukushima Antonio A. Laudanna |
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Abstract: | In order to gain insight into the possiblemechanisms involved in gallstone formation incolectomized ulcerative colitis patients, we studiedgallbladder motility by means of ultrasonography inthree groups of subjects: controls (N = 40) and ulcerativecolitis patients without (N = 30) and with (N = 20)colectomy. Impaired gallbladder emptying after a liquidfatty meal stimulus was observed in ulcerative colitis patients with colectomy compared with thoseobtained in ulcerative colitis patients withoutcolectomy and controls (P = 0.001). The maximumpercentage of gallbladder emptying also, wassignificantly lower (59.8%) than those seen in ulcerative colitispatients without colectomy (74.5%) and controls (77.8%)(P = 0.001). Diminished gallbladder emptying withensuing stasis might be a contributory factor to the increased prevalence of gallstones incolectomized patients. |
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Keywords: | GALLBLADDER MOTILITY CHOLELITHIASIS GALLSTONE FORMATION ULCERATIVE COLITIS COLECTOMY |
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