This is why this post on women and gallbladder stones in particular is important to understand especially if you don’t have ...

Gallbladder stones, also known as cholelithiasis are solid deposits of digestive juices in the gallbladder, which help to break down fat present in the food. The gallbladder is an organ located on ...

Gallbladder stones, or cholelithiasis, have emerged as a growing trend in today's fast-paced world, with their prevalence on the rise due to increasingly sedentary lifestyles. Surprisingly ...

Gallstones are most common in adults older than 40 years old, those who are overweight, and women. 1. Abdominal Pain Biliary colic, or gallstone pain, is one of the main gallstone symptoms.

It remains unknown as to which approach is optimal for management of gallbladder stone with common bile duct stones (CBDS) in Chinese patients. Methods From May 2000 to February 2009, we ...

Most cases of bladder stones affect men aged 50 or older because of the link with prostate enlargement, but both men and women can get them.

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Jess by emailing [email protected]. A bladder stone the size of a baseball—and with growth rings inside it just like a tree trunk—was spotted ...

Two types of gallstone exist: cholesterol stones formed from cholesterol-supersaturated bile (80–90% of gallstones); and pigment stones consisting mainly of polymerized calcium bilirubinate (10 ...

An increased risk of gallbladder disease has previously been shown in postmenopausal women using hormone replacement therapy (HRT). A new study investigating the relationship between method of HRT ...

Included in this prospective study cohort were all patients with CBDS and gallbladder stones treated with laparoscopic common bile duct stone extraction (LCBDE) at the Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital ...