Gastroesophageal Mucosal Injury after Cholecystectomy: An Indication for Surveillance?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.12.003
Abstract: BACKGROUND Cholecystectomy alters bile release dynamics from pulsatile meal-stimulated to continuous, and results in retrograde duodeno-gastric bile reflux (DGR). Bile is implicated in mucosal injury after gastric surgery, but whether cholecystectomy causes esophagogastric mucosal inflammation,… read more here.
Keywords: ltpc patients; mucosal injury; bile reflux; egj ... See more keywords