Long-term effects of cholecystectomy on
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Gerd-Achim Kullak-Ublick; Gustav Paumgartner; Frieder Berr
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Article
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1995
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Comparative studies between different patient groups have suggested that cholecystectomy enhances bacterial dehydroxylation of the primary bile acid cholic acid (CA) to the secondary bile acid deoxycholic acid (DCA). DCA may exert a cocarcinogenic effect on the colonic mucosa. In a short-term follow