ALLMedicine™ Gallstones Center

Apr 19th, 2021 - Whether concomitant cholecystectomy is needed during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) in patients with asymptomatic cholelithiasis is controversial. In this study, our aim is to show the follow-up results in patients with asymptomatic choleli...

Apr 19th, 2021 - BACKGROUND Abnormal communicating channels or fistulas between the gallbladder or common bile duct and the intestine are rare, but have potential to result in serious complications. Further complications can arise with migration of gallstones from...

Apr 16th, 2021 - A 50-year-old man presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain, vomiting and fever. He had been admitted 6 months ago with acute cholecystitis when he underwent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) to remove ductal ga...

Apr 10th, 2021 - Bilio-enteric fistulization is the aberrant connection between the biliary and luminal digestive tracts. The cholecystocolonic fistula (CCF) is the second most common bilio-enteric fistula (comprising 20% of cases), after the cholocystoduodenal fi...

Mar 29th, 2021 - Gallstones are a known adverse effect of somatostatin analogs, but the exact incidence and clinical implications are unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of gallstones on imaging and related complications in unbiased tri...

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...

Apr 19th, 2021 - Whether concomitant cholecystectomy is needed during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) in patients with asymptomatic cholelithiasis is controversial. In this study, our aim is to show the follow-up results in patients with asymptomatic choleli...

Apr 19th, 2021 - BACKGROUND Abnormal communicating channels or fistulas between the gallbladder or common bile duct and the intestine are rare, but have potential to result in serious complications. Further complications can arise with migration of gallstones from...

Apr 16th, 2021 - A 50-year-old man presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain, vomiting and fever. He had been admitted 6 months ago with acute cholecystitis when he underwent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) to remove ductal ga...

Apr 10th, 2021 - Bilio-enteric fistulization is the aberrant connection between the biliary and luminal digestive tracts. The cholecystocolonic fistula (CCF) is the second most common bilio-enteric fistula (comprising 20% of cases), after the cholocystoduodenal fi...

Mar 29th, 2021 - Gallstones are a known adverse effect of somatostatin analogs, but the exact incidence and clinical implications are unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of gallstones on imaging and related complications in unbiased tri...

Jun 28th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) reduced gallstone formation after gastrectomy in a randomized, controlled study in Korea. Dr. Do Joong Park of Seoul National University randomized 521 patients to 300 mg UDCA, 600 mg UDCA or...

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.