Later, he told me it was a nasty gallbladder, full of stones, and he felt I was lucky not to have had more pain. I felt slightly wobbly and sore when I got up a few hours later. But I had no ...

After consulting my family physician, an ultrasound revealed that my gallbladder was full of stones and I was then referred to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital,” she added. Despite the extensive number of ...

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 ...

Gallstones are hardened build-ups of calcium and cholesterol that form in your gallbladder. They range in size from grains of sand to golf balls. Gallstone attack symptoms include sudden pain ...

"They gave me a bunch of meds, then took me to ultrasound, and yep. Gallstones, and actually stones stuck in the neck that would not clear, which is why the pain wouldn't stop." A surgeon soon ...

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 ...

Cholesterol gallstones are the most prevalent type, but stones made from bilirubin (called ... your brain to register that ...

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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 ...

Since the advent of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, the management strategy for CBD stones has been a subject of much discussion but with the absence of an established consensus. According to some ...