Table 2

Findings from the questionnaires preoperatively and postoperatively in the six women who, after cholecystectomy, claimed to have diarrhoea usually or always

Patient no		Diarrhoea before surgery		Bowel movements per week			When stools runny			Colon pain^2-150(days)^2-151				Bloating (days)^2-151		When defecation urgent
Patient no		Diarrhoea before surgery		Before surgery	After surgery		Before surgery	After surgery		Before surgery	After surgery			Before surgery	After surgery	Before surgery	After surgery
1	Never	14	10		QNA	Usually	0	11+	0	0		Always	Always
2	Never	28	28		Usually	Usually	11+	0	0	0		Never	Never
3	Usually	12	24		QNA	QNA	11+	0	3–5	0		Occasionally	Never
4	Occasionally	9	17		Occasionally	Usually	1–2	3–5	11+	11+		Often	Always
5	Often	9	18		Always	Always	11+	11+	11+	11+		Always	Always
6	Never	9	17		QNA	QNA	11+	11+	11+	11+		Never	Often

↵2-150 Abdominal pain relieved by defecation.
↵2-151 Number of days in past three months.
QNA, question not answered.