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OBESITY SURGERY
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages 615-618Publisher
F D-COMMUNICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1381/09608920160557110
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morbid obesity; bariatric surgery; bilio-intestinal bypass; bile fow; cholescintigraphy
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Background: Bilio-intestinal bypass (BIB) is effective for the treatment of refractory obesity. BIB permits bile flow into the non-functional jejunum, whereas food transit occurs via the remaining intestine. We used the radioisotope method of Tc-99m-Hida cholescintigraphy (HC) in the follow-up of patients. Methods: 21 patients were studied 3 months to 3 years after BIB with HC. After 3 hours acquisition, images were reviewed by two independent observers. Regions of interest (ROIs) were drawn on images: liver parenchyma, cholecysto-jejunal anastomosis (CC), choledochus (COL). Radioactivity taken up by liver was compared with radioactivity of CC and COL. % radioactivity passing through CC (%CC) and through COL (%COL) were determined. The final parameter, -COL, indicates the radioactive bile which does not pass through the choledochus. Results: Anastomoses; were found patent a few months to 3 years after operation. -COL showed linear correlation with the decrease in cholesterolemia and in body weight in the I st year after BIB. Conclusions: HC shows passage of radioactive bile through anastomoses and provides semiquantitative evaluation of bile flux diversion. Bile flux towards the gallbladder and non-functional jejunal limb far exceeds flux directed towards the duodenum via the choledochus.
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