ALLMedicine™ Gallstones Center

Dec 29th, 2020 - An 87-year-old woman presented to us with a 5-day history of worsening epigastric pain and vomiting. Her medical history included known gallstones and a previous episode of acute cholecystitis complicated by a perforated gallbladder for which she ...

Dec 28th, 2020 - Asymptomatic carriage of Salmonella Typhi continues to facilitate the transmission of typhoid fever, resulting in 14 million new infections and 136,000 fatalities each year. Asymptomatic chronic carriage of S. Typhi is facilitated by the formation...

Dec 22nd, 2020 - The primary aim of this study was to describe the service model of one session management, with a limited role for preoperative endoscopic clearance. The secondary aim was to review the outcomes and long term follow up in comparison to available s...

Dec 17th, 2020 - The incidence of fetal gallstones is estimated at 0.45% and its clinical relevance after birth remains unknown. This study aimed to describe the natural history of fetal gallstones and their clinical sequelae after birth. We queried a database of ...

Dec 17th, 2020 - Hepatolithiasis commonly occurs in the bile duct proximal to the confluence of the right and left hepatic ducts, regardless of the coexistence of gallstones in gallbladder or the common bile duct. Clinical research proves that minimally invasive s...

Oct 16th, 2018 - More than 35% of men and 40% of women in the United States are obese. Obesity is associated with health problems such as increased risk for coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, various types of cancer, gallstones, and disability. Obesity is al...

Jan 26th, 2017 - Common bile duct stones (CBDS) are estimated to be present in 10-20% of individuals with symptomatic gallstones. They can result in a number of health problems, including pain, jaundice, infection and acute pancreatitis. A variety of imaging modal...

Nov 7th, 2011 - Guidelines on hereditary spherocytosis (HS) published in 2004 (Bolton-Maggs et al, 2004) are here replaced to reflect changes in current opinion on the surgical management, (particularly the indications for concomitant splenectomy with cholecystec...

Dec 29th, 2020 - An 87-year-old woman presented to us with a 5-day history of worsening epigastric pain and vomiting. Her medical history included known gallstones and a previous episode of acute cholecystitis complicated by a perforated gallbladder for which she ...

Dec 28th, 2020 - Asymptomatic carriage of Salmonella Typhi continues to facilitate the transmission of typhoid fever, resulting in 14 million new infections and 136,000 fatalities each year. Asymptomatic chronic carriage of S. Typhi is facilitated by the formation...

Dec 22nd, 2020 - The primary aim of this study was to describe the service model of one session management, with a limited role for preoperative endoscopic clearance. The secondary aim was to review the outcomes and long term follow up in comparison to available s...

Dec 17th, 2020 - The incidence of fetal gallstones is estimated at 0.45% and its clinical relevance after birth remains unknown. This study aimed to describe the natural history of fetal gallstones and their clinical sequelae after birth. We queried a database of ...

Dec 17th, 2020 - Hepatolithiasis commonly occurs in the bile duct proximal to the confluence of the right and left hepatic ducts, regardless of the coexistence of gallstones in gallbladder or the common bile duct. Clinical research proves that minimally invasive s...

May 31st, 2020 - When attending to a weekend surgery at the hospital, make sure you don't find yourself all alone with too much to do. A 61-year-old patient was the only scheduled surgery on a Saturday morning, where he was to undergo endoscopic retrograde cholang...

May 31st, 2020 - When attending to a weekend surgery at the hospital, make sure you don't find yourself all alone with too much to do. A 61-year-old patient was the only scheduled surgery on a Saturday morning, where he was to undergo endoscopic retrograde cholang...

May 31st, 2020 - When attending to a weekend surgery at the hospital, make sure you don't find yourself all alone with too much to do. A 61-year-old patient was the only scheduled surgery on a Saturday morning, where he was to undergo endoscopic retrograde cholang...

Jun 3rd, 2019 - SAN DIEGO – Among patients with asymptomatic gallstones, the need for surgical intervention increases over time to 25%, results from a large, long-term analysis showed. Doug Brunk/MDedge News Dr.

Nov 22nd, 2018 - What are gallstones? Gallstones are solid stones that are produced in the gallbladder by an imbalance in the composition of bile. The main types of gallstones are cholesterol stones, bilirubin stones, and brown stones. This video discusses the pat...