Is Post-Cholecystectomy Syndrome Caused by Magnesium Deficiency?

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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAGNESIUM RESEARCH

The 10th International Magnesium Symposium is one of a series of

International Magnesium Symposia organised every three years by

the International Society for Development of Magnesium Research.

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Post-cholecystectomy syndrome and magnesium deficiency

P. J. Porr, J. Sz ntay, M. Rusu, 3rd Medical Clinic, Cluj-Napoca,

Romania. pjporr@...

In 20-30% of cholecystectomized patients a biliary syndrome

reappears after some weeks or months, called post-cholecystectomy

syndrome (PCES). The etiology of this is in certain cases an

anatomic one (choledochal lithiasis or stricture, obstructive

papillitis, pancreatic duct stenosis a.o.), but there are a lot of

cases in which all organic causes are excluded. The aim of this

study was to analyze the correlation between these functional

disturbances and a magnesium deficiency (MD). We analyzed 52

patients with PCES and MD, in which organic lesions of the

remaining bile ducts were excluded by imaging and endoscopic

methods. MD was confirmed by serum and erythrocytic low Mg levels.

82,6% of patients were women. The substitution therapy was

performed with Tiomag (Mg gluconate and methionine), B6 vitamin

and Ca lactate for 6 weeks or more. In 50 patients the

symptomatology of PCES disappeared after this treatment. In 14

cases some symptoms appeared again after a few weeks - months, but

after repetition of the same therapy they disappeared

definitively. Our results demonstrate the dependence of PCES

functional manifestations on MD, especially the recurrence of

symptoms, subsided again after the Mg substitution therapy was

resumed.

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