Bariatric Surgery and Gallstone Problems

The incidence of obesity has been increasing day after day, worldwide. Hence bariatric surgery has recently become one of the most common treatment modality in maintaining long-term weight reduction and improving obesity-related conditions. Gallstones and bariatric surgery is an important issue because both obesity and bariatric surgery resulting with rapid weight loss are risk factors for the formation of gallstones. It can cause acute cholecystitis and acute pancreatitis. There are some contradictions about diagnosis, treatment and preventing of gallstones in obese patients who undergo bariatric surgery. In our article, we have discussed usage of routine ultrasonography in perioperative period, timing of cholecystectomy and preventing cholelithiasis after bariatric surgery in company with literature.