title: [Cholelithiasis after total gastrectomy for gastric cancer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the incidence of cholelithiasis in patients after total gastrectomy for gastric cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients operated for gastric cancer at our hospital were retrospectively studied. Criteria to be included in the study were: 1) Follow-up of more than 3 years, 2) Cholelithiasis excluded preoperatively by ultrasonography, 3) Ultrasonographic postoperative control once a year.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ten patients met the established criteria. Six of them developed biliary lithiasis, and four of them needed surgical treatment for biliary symptomatology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The incidence of cholelithiasis after total gastrectomy for gastric cancer is high, and surgical treatment is often necessary. However our data does not support prophylactic cholecystectomy in the course of total gastrectomy.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía General, Hospital de Sant Jaume y Santa Magdalena, Mataró, Barcelona.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Suñol
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Casals
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Badía
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ubach
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Colelitiasis tras gastrectomía total por cáncer gástrico.