Status:

COMPLETED

Is Routine Cholecystectomy Reasonable in All Patients Receiving a Bypass Procedure: a Comparative Cohort Study

Lead Sponsor:

Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen

Conditions:

Given Indication for Gastric Bypass Procedure

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Gallbladder management in bariatric surgery is controversially discussed. While some surgeons advocate routine prophylactic cholecystectomy (CCE) during Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) others advocate...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All patients who received a laparoscopic Roux-en-Y-gastric bypass

Exclusion

  • previous CCE
  • open gastric bypass procedure
  • previous bariatric procedure other than gastric banding
  • patients lost to follow up

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2010

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

437 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01219166

Start Date

December 1 2010

End Date

December 1 2010

Last Update

December 10 2010

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Department of surgery

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, 9007