[The relationship between bile reflux and symptoms in patients with gallstones before and after cholecystectomy].

Many hypotheses affirm that postcholecystectomy syndrome is caused by alterations in bile flow due to the loss of the reservoir function of the gallbladder. We aimed to establish the relationship between postcholecystectomy symptoms and bile reflux.Thirty patients with gallstones were included in the study. All patients underwent combined ambulatory pH and bile monitoring (Bilitec). Three months after cholecystectomy, the tests were...