Summary
Background
A limited number of small‐sized studies suggest that bile acid diarrhoea is frequent in patients with chronic watery diarrhoea and previous cholecystectomy.
Aim
To perform a systematic review and meta‐analysis to assess the prevalence of bile acid diarrhoea in patients with chronic watery diarrhoea and previous cholecystectomy, and their response to colestyramine, including a new consecutive series of patients.
Methods
MEDLINE and EMBASE were searched up to January 2018. Selected studies included patients with previous cholecystectomy and chronic watery diarrhoea assessed by the 23‐seleno‐25‐homotaurocholic acid (SeHCAT) test. We calculated the pooled rate of bile acid diarrhoea using the inverse double arcsine square root method. Additionally, the medical records of 291 consecutive patients with chronic watery diarrhoea in whom a SeHCAT test was performed were retrospectively reviewed and 74 with previous cholecystectomy were included in the meta‐analysis.
Results
The search strategy identified eight relevant studies, which, together with the data of the present series, comprise 361 individuals. The pooled bile acid diarrhoea rate was 70% (95% CI 56%‐82%), and was similar when using cut‐offs of 10% or 15%. There was substantial heterogeneity (I2 = 84%). Five studies comprising 166 patients evaluated the effect of colestyramine in patients with bile acid diarrhoea. The pooled colestyramine response rate was 79% (95% CI 63%‐91%) with substantial heterogeneity (I2 = 73%).
Conclusions
Two‐thirds of patients with chronic watery diarrhoea and previous cholecystectomy have bile acid diarrhoea. Response to colestyramine in these patients is good.
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