1 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China 2 Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University ...

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been associated with digestive system diseases, and recent observational studies have suggested an association between MetS and cholelithiasis. However, the ...

1 State Key Laboratory of Oncogene and Related Genes and Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P R China 2 ...

To review the clinical characteristics and complications associated with cholelithiasis in pediatric patients by identifying risk factors and assessing surgical management and results. 135 ...

1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Helwan, Egypt. 2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, El-Sahel Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. 3 Department of ...

Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder. One of the most common causes of gallbladder inflammation is cholelithiasis, also known as gallstones. The gallbladder is an organ in the digestive ...

4 Chung Chou University of Science and Technology, Changhua County, Taiwan Objective To investigate the relation of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) to cholelithiasis and cholecystectomy in a ...

Emily Vogtmann, Xiao-Ou Shu, Hong-Lan Li, Wong-Ho Chow, Gong Yang, Bu-Tian Ji, Hui Cai, Chang Yu, Yu-Tang Gao, Wei Zheng and Yong-Bing Xiang Background: Cholelithiasis and cholecystectomy have been ...

Cholelithiasis (gallstone disease) causes significant morbidity, severe complications, and economic burden worldwide. Though current surgical therapies are effective for gallstones, some types of ...

Long-term home parenteral nutrition (HPN) is an important factor for cholelithiasis. An individualized nutrition program, trophic enteral nutrition and ultrasound bile ducts monitoring is a necessity ...