OBSERVATIONS ON CHOLELITHIASIS

Historical Review on Cholelithiasis

Received 7, December, 2014 Received in revised form 19, December, 2014 Accepted 10, January, 2015 Published online 28, January, 2015 The gall stone formation (cholelithiasis) is well known global health problem since very early times. Various biochemical and patho-physiological factors have been reported to be associated with gall stone disease such as stasis of bile, obstruction in bile duct, ...

On Gall-Stones or Cholelithiasis

Cholelithiasis and Wilson disease.

We have studied three children with Wilson disease who had clinical symptoms suggestive of cholecystitis as well as radiologic evidence of gallstones, subsequently proven at the time of laparotomy. The gallstones from the patients with Wilson disease had an appreciably higher content of cholesterol than gallstones from age-matched children with hemolytic disease. Since gallstones may be present...

Chologen Treatment for Cholelithiasis

To the Editor, The Indian Medical Gazette. Sib,?In this country where surgical operations are unpopular and often fraught with great danger it is most useful to have in hand medicinal measures for the treatment of what is usually a surgical case. A Russian physician recommended to me the " Chologen treatment" for cholelithiasis. This treatment is carried out in Germany very frequently. I have t...

Gallbladder pathologies and cholelithiasis.

OBJECTIVE Cholecystectomy, mostly due to cholelithiasis is one of the most common surgical procedures utilizing a significant amount of healthcare resources. As there are a huge number of cases, for example approximately 300 cases per year in our region, outlines this commonly encountered lesion should be recorded. Also, in an attempt to delineate the outline of the pattern, age and sex distrib...