UNLABELLED Polyps of the gall-bladder has long been a serious diagnostic problem. Their detection in routine ultrasound is not yet satisfactory and often does not allow you to select the proper method of operating the gall-bladder. The aim of the study was to assess the accuracy of ultrasound diagnosis of polypoid lesions of the gall-bladder through its verification by histopathology in patient...

Background: Gallbladder cancer is the most common malignant tumor of biliary tract. The majority cases are adenocarcinoma (AC). Pure squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) gallbladder accounts only 3% neoplasm this organ.
 Methods: medical records all patients who underwent cholecystectomy and specimen sent to Pathology Department Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, in last five years were retro...

BACKGROUND Intraduodenal bile salts exert negative feedback control on postprandial gall bladder emptying. AIMS We wished to examine whether a similar control mechanism occurs in the fasting state. METHODS Intraduodenal bile salt depletion was achieved by 12 g of cholestyramine. Thereafter, in study A (seven subjects), the effects on gall bladder volume (by ultrasound) and antroduodenal mot...

Background: Intraduodenal bile salts exert negative feedback control on postprandial gall bladder emptying. Aims: We wished to examine whether a similar control mechanism occurs in the fasting state. Methods: Intraduodenal bile salt depletion was achieved by 12 g of cholestyramine. Thereafter, in study A (seven subjects), the effects on gall bladder volume (by ultrasound) and antroduodenal moti...

Pregnancy and contraceptive steroids are associated with a raised incidence of cholesterol gall stone disease. In pregnancy there is an increase in the size of the gall bladder. Investigation of hepatobiliary function in man and mammals has not established if the enlarged gall bladder is simply dilated, or if the absorptive capacity of the mucosa has changed. In the present study the concentrat...

Mucus synthesis by the human gall bladder EDITOR,-I was interested to read the papers by Rhodes and colleagues concerning mucus synthesis by the human gall bladder, its apparent inhibition by aspirin, and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and the suggestion that aspirin might prevent cholesterol gall stone formation by this action As gall bladder mucus glycoprotein (mucin) i...

The influence of adrenergic drugs and electrical stimulation of the splanchnic nerves on concentrating function and motility in the feline gall bladder and on heptic bile secretion have been studied in vivo. It was found that electrical stimulation of the splanchnic nerves and adrenergic alpha-receptor stimulation increase the rate of net water absorption from the gall bladder lumen. Adrenergic...

BACKGROUND Over the last decade, laparoscopic cholecystectomy has gained worldwide acceptance and considered to be as "gold standard" in the surgical management of symptomatic cholecystolithiasis. However, the incidence of bile duct injury in laparoscopic cholecystectomy is still two times greater compared to classic open surgery. The development of bile duct injury may result in biliary cirrho...

Cholesterol determinations of gall bladder and hepatic bile obtained from the same source reveal a greater concentration in the former even after the inspissating effect of the gall bladder is allowed for. This evidence together with that from other experiments indicates that the gall bladder has the power to excrete cholesterol into its lumen. There is evidence also that infection may accelera...

The frequency of surgical exposure of the bile ducts and gall bladder has made the surgeon increasingly aware of the anatomic variations in these structures and their blood supply. The double gall bladder in man is a rare anomaly. Of the 103 previous reports of double gall bladders that are available to the author, only 68 occurrences of this anomaly were actually proved at operation or autopsy...