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Gallbladder Disease in the Bariatric Surgery Patient

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Obesity, a major nutrition-related health problem in the United States, is a well-known risk factor for the development of cholesterol gallstones. The reported incidence of biliary tract disease in the morbidly obese varies from 28% to 45.2% (1–3), three to four times greater than in the general population (4).

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Magee-Women’s Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Carol A. McCloskey MD (Assistant Professor) & Giselle Hamad MD (Assistant Professor, Medical Director of Minimally Invasive General Surgery and Bariatrics)

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  1. Lerner College of Medicine, USA

    Philip R. Schauer MD (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

  2. Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA

    Philip R. Schauer MD (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

  3. Department of Surgery Health Sciences Center, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA

    Bruce D. Schirmer MD (Stephen H. Watts Professor of Surgery) (Stephen H. Watts Professor of Surgery)

  4. Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Stacy A. Brethauer MD (Staff Surgeon) (Staff Surgeon)

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McCloskey, C.A., Hamad, G. (2007). Gallbladder Disease in the Bariatric Surgery Patient. In: Schauer, P.R., Schirmer, B.D., Brethauer, S.A. (eds) Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68062-0_53

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