Postcholecystectomy Diarrhea

David F. Hutcheon; Theodore M. Bayless; Thomas R. Gadacz

doi:10.1001/jama.1979.03290340041024

Postcholecystectomy Diarrhea

David F. Hutcheon, Theodore M. Bayless, Thomas R. Gadacz

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Abstract

Diarrhea developed in three patients following cholecystectomy. Fecal bile-acid excretion was elevated in the two patients for whom it was measured. All three patients' diarrhea resolved with cholestyramine resin therapy. This experience suggests that gallbladder removal may lead to a bile-acid-mediated diarrhea in some patients, and that this condition appears to respond to cholestyramine therapy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	823-824
Number of pages	2
Journal	JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
Volume	241
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1979.03290340041024
State	Published - Feb 23 1979

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