Incidence of symptomatic cholelithiasis after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and its association with rapid weight loss

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Results:

The postoperative incidence of symptomatic cholelithiasis was 3.5%. The mean duration of symptom development was 12.4 months. The rates of weight loss at 6 and 12 months for patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis were 28.94±4.89% and 38.51±6.84%, respectively (P= 0.002), which were significantly higher than in patients without symptomatic cholelithiasis during the same follow-up period (24.41±6.6% and 32.29±10.28%), respectively;(P= 0.012).