Sometimes
gallstones, hard particles, develop in the gallbladder.
The term
gallstone gastrointestinal obstruction is suggested for mechanical intestinal obstruction with
gallstones.
When performed well, by appropriately trained surgeons who are experienced and who specialise in
gallstones or hernia repair, the results are very good.
"Most
gallstones are made of cholesterol, calcium salts, and bile," says Rasa Zarnegar, MD, an associate professor of surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine.
A surgeon inNashik,India, extracted 4,100
gallstones from a 43-year-old man in a 4-hour surgery on Saturday.
80 percent of
gallstones are made of cholesterol, whereas 20 percent of
gallstones are made of calcium salts and bilirubin [1] and are known as pigment stones.
HYDERABAD --
Gallstones can present in a number of ways.
An ultrasound shows no
gallstones and no dilated common bile duct (CBD).
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the gold standard for treating symptomatic
gallstones, with large studies and systematic reviews reporting reduced hospital stay and pain [1, 2].
Dubai: Surgeons at Khalifa General Hospital in Umm Al Quwain have removed 1,600
gallstones of various sizes from an Emirati woman in her forties.
Gallstones Common in Seniors
Gallstones are the most common form of gallbladder disease.
A common complication of this surgical procedure is the gallbladder perforation and spillage of
gallstones into the abdominal cavity [2], which occurs in approximately 30% of cases [3].
