Fecal fat, bile acid, and neutral sterol excretion and biliary bile acid, phospholipid, and cholesterol were studied in 36 patients 6 to 12 months after jejunoileostomy for obesity. No relationship was observed between the degree of steatorrhea and weight loss, although fecal fat rose sharply in all except 2 patients. Mean neutral sterol excretion in feces was unchanged after operation except in cholecystectomized patients. No relationship could be demonstrated between serum cholesterol decrease and fecal biel acid, which rose 3-fold, or between cholesterol and the sum of fecal fat and neutral sterol. Fecal excretion of cholic and deoxycholic acid together increased more than the total excretion of cxcretion patterns were demonstrable: moderate fecal fat (24 g or less on 65-g intake) was associated with a predominance of secondary bile acids in feces and in bile; high fecal fat (above 24 g/day) was associated with predominantly primary bile acids. A high incidence of gallstones or previous cholecystectomy (36%) was found preoperatively and of 25 patients with normal cholecystograms, four developed stones and five had nonvisualization of gallbladder 6 to 12 months postoperatively. Bile saturation ratio and lithogenic index were not consistently changed postoperatively. No clear cut increase in lithogenic potential or in bile acid (lithocholic acid) hepatotoxic potential after jejunoileostomy was demonstrable.
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