Comparison of preoperative and one-month postoperative serum cholesterol after cholecystectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cholecystectomy is a gold-standard procedure for symptomatic gallbladder stones. However, dyslipidemia is reported in about 50% of these patients. The aim of this study is to evaluate the change in the levels of total cholesterol following cholecystectomy.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, patients who underwent cholecystectomy for gallstone in (XXX) Nursing Home were included. Preoperative cholesterol levels and those following a month of the surgery were measured in the patients. A form, comprising of the demographic details, along with clinical outcomes was prepared for each patient and the data were analyzed using SPSS v25.0 software.

Results

33 patients were included in this study, of which 29 were females and 4 were males. 48.5% of our patient's p

SUBMITTER: Pooria A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9289384 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature