Gallstones Hard stones that are made of crystallized cholesterol ... An imaging test that allows for the visualization of bile movement through the bile duct system when an ultrasound is not ...

Cattle gallstones are valuable due to their use in Chinese medicine. Some stones sell for twice the price of gold.

Ultrasound: An abdominal ultrasound is the best noninvasive test for detecting ... An MRCP uses MRI imaging with special software to help detect gallstones and bile duct stones and evaluate the ...

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 ...

Included in this prospective study cohort were all patients with CBDS and gallbladder stones treated with laparoscopic ... Follow-up assessment using ultrasound was carried out in 3 to 24 months ...

Most people with gallbladder polyps do not experience symptoms. Doctors usually discover the polyps incidentally on ultrasound or CT scans. Although some gallbladder polyps can develop into cancer ...

A Redditor who endured months of what they thought was heartburn was shocked to find out it was actually gallstones. For more ...

Objective: To assess the association of type 1 diabetes (T1DM) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) with the subsequent development of gallbladder stone disease (GSD). Setting: Cohort Study. Participants: We ...

identification of movable abnormal echogenicity within the gallbladder on ultrasound or abnormal density within the gallbladder on CT, and (#) disappearance of gallbladder stones on ultrasound or CT ...

Gastroenterology Unit, UMDS of Guy's Hospital, London. The British/Belgian Gall Stone Study Group (BBGSG) post-dissolution trial was a prospective, multicentre, randomised, double blind trial of: (i) ...