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SUBMITTER: Kim SY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6709130 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim So Young SY Bang Woo Jin WJ Lim Hyun H Lim Man Sup MS Kim Miyoung M Choi Hyo Geun HG
Medicine 20190501 22
This study sought to evaluate the association between gastrectomy and the occurrence of gallstones using a national sample cohort from Korea.Data from 2002 to 2013 were collected for individuals ≥20 years of age in the Korean National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort (NHIS-NSC). We extracted data for patients who had undergone gastrectomy (n = 1998) and a 1:4 matched control group (n = 7992) and then analyzed the occurrence of gallstones. The patients were matched according to age ...[more]