The relationship between gastrointestinal complaints and the use of pancreatin-derivated medications after cholecystectomy

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between pancreatin-derived medications and the treatability of gastrointestinal complaints after cholecystectomy. Patients and Methods: The relationship between postoperative symptomatic status and the use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and pancreatin-derivated medications in patients admitted to our hepatobiliary surgery service who underwent cholecystectomy was retrospectively analyzed. IBM SPSS Statistics 23 (IBM SPSS,Turkey) was used for statistical analysis. Descriptive statistical methods (mean,standard deviation,median,frequency,ratio,minimum,maximum) were used to evaluate the study data. Pearson Chi-Square Test and Fisher’s Exact test were used to compare qualitative data. Significance was evaluated at the p