BILIARY LITHIASIS IN CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS: PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS
I. Ouchicha*, H. Cherkaoui, A. Lamine, M. Lahlali, N. Lahmidani, A. El Mekkaoui, M. Elyousfi, DA. Benajah, A. Ibrahimi, M. Elabkari and H. Abid
ABSTRACT
Gallstones occur in about one-third of patients with cirrhosis, the pathophysiology is complex and multifactorial and could be due to decreased secretion of bile acids and phospholipids into the bile and hypomotility of the gallbladder. Our work aims to study the prevalence of biliary lithiasis in cirrhotic patients and to identify risk factors for cholelithiasis in cirrhotics. In our retrospective and analytical study, gallstones were found more frequently in cirrhotic patients (45.45%, P=1.046.10^(-8), RR=2.17) than in non-cirrhotic patients (10%). The prevalence of gallstones in decompensated cirrhotic patients was higher (P=1.272.10^(-5)) than in compensated cirrhotic patients.
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