Methods to study growth of gallstones in the laboratory have not been reported. We here present such a method. Human cholesterol gallstones were harvested from patients with multiple nearly identical stones. The gallstones were washed and added to supersaturated model biles and the formation of cholesterol crystals and the increases in mass of human cholesterol gallstones were studied concurren...

Cystine stones, the main component of which is cystine, are very common urinary calculi, but are rare in the gall bladder. In animals, there has been only one report of cystine gallstones in tree shrews, and to our knowledge, this is the first report of cystine gallstones in humans.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the procedure of choice for the treatment of symptomatic biliary disease. There is currently no agreement on the management of spilled gallstones, which commonly occurs during laparoscopic cholecystectomy and may produce significant morbidity. We present a case of spilled gallstones causing cicatrical cecal volvulus and also provide a review of pertinent literature.

The recent advent of nonsurgical treatment for gallstones requires accurate in vivo analysis of their chemical composition in order to select the best candidates. As a preliminary work, we undertook an in vitro CT examination of 53 surgically removed gallstones and compared their CT patterns with their chemical composition. Those results were correlated with in vitro lithotripsy of the gallston...

OBJECTIVE Cholecystectomy is one of the most common general surgical procedures performed today. The laparoscopic approach is beneficial to patients in terms of length of stay, postoperative pain, return to work, and cosmesis. Some drawbacks are associated with the minimal access form of cholecystectomy, including an increased incidence of common bile duct injuries. In addition, when the gallbl...

BACKGROUND Pigment or mixed gallstones are common in southern India. The etiology is not established. Known risk factors include an obese, diabetic female and a nonsmoker male. AIM To determine the association of dietary factors with mixed/pigment gallstones amongst southern Indian patients. METHODS Diet details were obtained from 346 patients (178 women) with gallstones and an equal number...

CONTEXT Recently published management guidelines for acute pancreatitis provide a standard against which practice can be measured. Specifically it is recommended all patients with gallstone induced pancreatitis have definitive clearance of gallstones within four weeks. OBJECTIVE To determine if practice in our institution followed these guidelines and to analyse the effects of delayed clearan...

This study investigated whether beta-muricholic acid, a natural trihydroxy hydrophilic bile acid of rodents, acts as a biliary cholesterol-desaturating agent to prevent cholesterol gallstones and if it facilitates the dissolution of gallstones compared with ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA). For gallstone prevention study, gallstone-susceptible male C57L mice were fed 8 weeks with a lithogenic diet (...

Background: the presentation of common bile duct disease, value of investigations and treatment outcome in elderly patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) were assessed. Methodology: the clinical presentation, liver function tests, full blood counts, abdominal ultrasound and ERCP results were assessed retrospectively in 101 patients (59 women, 42 men; mean age ...

The incidence of gallstones is 10-15%, making it one the most common causes surgical admissions. number admissions and operations for gallstone disease increasing. Commonly are formed in gallbladder but can also develop biliary tree. Commonly, made cholesterol. Even though exact cause supersaturation bile not known, there multiple associate factors formation. Most patients with never experience...