Introduction:

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is one of most performed surgical procedures around the world. Have been described an a posteriori association between irritable bowel syndrome and patients who underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy, mostly the diarrhea subtype.

Objective:

Evaluate the presence before and after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Material and methods:

A prospective cohort study with control group. Irritable bowel syndrome was defined according to ROMA IV criteria, patients was evaluated at month one, three, six and 12 postoperatively looking for symptoms. An unidirectional fishers exact test was used for analysis.

Results:

For a total of 166 patients only six developed irritable bowel syndrome, diarrhea subtype; in the control group two patient developed irritable bowel syndrome during the follow-up. A total eight cases of postcholecystectomy syndrome were detected.

Conclusions:

A different than random association between cholecystectomized patients and the presence of irritable bowel syndrome in any of its variants cannot be established.