PMID- 1803042
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19920424
LR  - 20191028
IS  - 0021-5120 (Print)
IS  - 0021-5120 (Linking)
VI  - 30
IP  - 5
DP  - 1991 Sep-Oct
TI  - The prevalence of gallstones in gastrectomized patients: a comparative study in a 
      large population.
PG  - 424-9
AB  - We investigated the prevalence of gallstones after gastrectomy by abdominal 
      ultrasonography in 289 gastrectomized patients selected from 51,621 Automated 
      Multiphasic Health Testing and Services (AMHTS) examinees after barium meal 
      studies. The results were compared with those of another group of 3,193 AMHTS 
      patients who routinely underwent ultrasonography (control). Among the 
      gastrectomized patients, the overall prevalence of gallstones was 16.6%, and in 
      the control group, 4.7%, showing a statistically significant difference (p less 
      than 0.001). The prevalence of gallstones increased with age in both the control 
      and gastrectomized groups, but was greater in gastrectomized subjects in each 
      (10-yr) age group. The characteristics of the gallstones were compared between 
      gastrectomized patients and the control group according to the ultrasonographic 
      classification proposed by Tsuchiya (Yazawa et al, Jpn J Gastroenterol 85: 708, 
      1988). In the control group, the percentages of types I, II, III and small stone 
      of Tsuchiya's classification were 30.2, 14.5, 21.9 and 34.3, respectively. On the 
      other hand, in the gastrectomized group, the percentages were 8.3, 6.3, 16.7 and 
      68.8, respectively. This difference was statistically significant (p less than 
      0.001). The differences in the prevalence of gallstones between groups with 
      Billroth I and II anastomoses, and between diseases necessitating gastrectomy, 
      were not statistically significant.
FAU - Segawa, K
AU  - Segawa K
AD  - Department of Gastroenterology, Aichi Prefectural Center for Health Care, Nagoya, 
      Japan.
FAU - Niwa, Y
AU  - Niwa Y
FAU - Arisawa, T
AU  - Arisawa T
FAU - Suzuki, T
AU  - Suzuki T
FAU - Goto, H
AU  - Goto H
FAU - Ohashi, S
AU  - Ohashi S
FAU - Tsuchida, T
AU  - Tsuchida T
FAU - Tsukamoto, Y
AU  - Tsukamoto Y
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Japan
TA  - Jpn J Med
JT  - Japanese journal of medicine
JID - 0247713
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Cholelithiasis/diagnostic imaging/*epidemiology/pathology
MH  - Duodenal Ulcer/surgery
MH  - *Gastrectomy
MH  - Humans
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Postoperative Complications
MH  - Stomach Neoplasms/surgery
MH  - Stomach Ulcer/surgery
MH  - Ultrasonography
EDAT- 1991/09/01 00:00
MHDA- 1991/09/01 00:01
CRDT- 1991/09/01 00:00
PHST- 1991/09/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1991/09/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1991/09/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.2169/internalmedicine1962.30.424 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Jpn J Med. 1991 Sep-Oct;30(5):424-9. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine1962.30.424.