OBJECTIVE We hypothesized that laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed within 48 hours of admission for mild gallstone pancreatitis, regardless of resolution of abdominal pain or abnormal laboratory values, would result in a shorter hospital stay. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Although there is consensus among surgeons that patients with gallstone pancreatitis should undergo cholecystectomy to pr...

In addition to well-established risk factors like older age, female gender, and adiposity, oxidative stress may play a role in the pathophysiology of gallstone disease. Since vitamin E exerts important anti-oxidative functions, we hypothesized that circulating vitamin E levels might be inversely associated with prevalence of gallstone disease. In a cross-sectional study, we measured plasma leve...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION Gallstone sigmoid ileus is a rare condition that presents with symptoms of large bowel obstruction secondary to a gallstone impacted within the sigmoid colon. This arises because of three primary factors: cholelithiasis causing a cholecystoenteric fistula; a gallstone large enough to obstruct the bowel lumen; and narrowing of the bowel. We describe 3 patients treated in a dist...

Background The study was designed to assess the prevalence of asymptomatic gallstone disease in North-East part of Bangladesh. Materials and methods Randomly selected asymptomatic persons, unknown to have gallstone disease, from both rural and urban areas were enrolled. They were subjected to abdominal ultrasonography and findings were recorded in a data sheet. Results Total 1,019 persons (...

Objectives: To study the etiology and outcome of pregnancy with pancreatitis. Methods: The study was conducted in the department of Gynecology & Obstetrics along with School of Digestive & Liver Diseases (SDLD), IPGME & R, Kolkata between March 2006 to February 2009. We have analyzed 29 cases of acute pancreatitis in pregnancy over a period of 3 years. Maternal age, gravida/ parity, gestational...

AIM To find accompanying anomalies of typical and atypical Scheuermann's disease (SD) is reported in the present study. METHODS Study included 20 patients (16 men and 4 women) who had radiological imaging radiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography, if available, due to back pain, curved back and low back pain in November 2011-February 2016 period. Patients were cate...

Colonic gallstone ileus in an uncommon mechanical bowel obstruction caused by intraluminal impaction of one or more gallstones. The surgical management of gallstone ileus is complex and is potentially of high risk. There have been reports of gallstone extractions using various endoscopic modalities to relieve the obstruction. In this report we present the technique employed to successfully perf...

We present a female patient with atypical chest pain who was referred to our department for ischemia evaluation. 99mTc-MIBI myocardial perfusion scan with dipyridamole stress was performed. Sub-diaphragmatic activity in the hepatic tissue and then in the bowel loops caused severe overlap on the inferior wall even on consecutive delayed images. Dipyridamole stress was repeated for the...

Figure 1a. Contrast enhanced CT demonstrating a small calcified gallstone (arrow) within the gallbladder. 1b+c. Contrast enhanced CT two weeks later. b. A dilated gallbladder with thickened wall, absence of stone, and intrahepatic bile duct dilatation (arrow). 1c. The migrated gallstone (arrow) is seen in the distal CBD. 1d. ERCP demonstrating a filling defect in the distal CBD. 1e. The extract...