BACKGROUND: Gallstones are concretions that form in the biliary system. There are two major types of gallstones (pigment and cholesterol), which seem to form due to distinctly different pathogenic mechanisms. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and chemical composition of gallstones in goats. Bacteriologic analysis and pathological findings were reviewed. METHODS:...

aim : to determine the co-incidence of gallstones with upper gi disease in patients who were candidate for elective cholecystectomy. background : typical pain of gallstones frequently cause special pattern which can usually be distinguished from symptoms of other organic and functional diseases. but patient with cholelithiasis and atypical pattern of abdominal pain seems to bring about a challe...

Background: The method of proton induced X-ray emission (PIXE) has been widely used as a sensitive technique to trace elemental analysis in both biological and medical fields. The sensitivity of this powerful method is in the order of ppm .The aim of this work is to analyze structural composition of 4 heavy trace elements with Z greater than 24 (Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn) in two kinds of gallstones and to...

patients and methods: this study included 526 subjects. gallstones and bile samples of the patients were cultured. isolates were identified by different biochemical tests and examined for their β-glucuronidase activity, slime production and urease activity. biostatistical analyses were done to determine the relationship between the biliary bacterial factors and the types of gallstones. role of ...

background: gallstones are concretions that form in the biliary system. there are two major types of gallstones (pigment and cholesterol), which seem to form due to distinctly different pathogenic mechanisms. objectives: the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and chemical composition of gallstones in goats. bacteriologic analysis and pathological findings were reviewed. methods: ...

Fetal gallstones are a rare sonographic finding. We came across two cases of fetal gallstones detected in routine third trimester scan over a period of one year. Both cases were confirmed to have gallstones in postnatal scan and showed complete resolution of the gallstones at 35 and 45 days after birth. The presence of gallstones in the fetus does not alter the fetal prognosis or obstetrical ma...

Proteins may play an important role in the formation of gallstones, but their secondary structure remains unclear in gallstones. In this paper, the insoluble materials of human pigment gallstones dissolved with chloroform, ethanol, ether and hydrochloric acid were studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The results show that the insoluble materials of gallstones are mainly composed ...

BACKGROUND Gall bladder perforation, gallstone spillage and loss are commonly reported from Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (LC). Though rare, lost gallstones can cause a variety of complications presenting variably from within 1 month to 20 years postoperatively. Our objective was to investigate knowledge and practices of surgeons and surgical residents regarding spilled gallstones lost during la...

Cholelithiasis is one of the major health problems around world. The prevalence cholelithiasis varies by country. ethnicity people and geographical location a country has huge role in gallstone disease. etiology gallstones not well understood. most important predisposition factor formation supersaturation cholesterol, hypomotility gallbladder, excess bilirubin. Gallstones risk factors are multi...