Cholelithiasis

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A genome-wide association study of total bilirubin and cholelithiasis risk in sickle cell anemia. 
  • A population-based cohort study comparing laparoscopic and open cholecystectomies: research in the new millennium. 
  • A stone in a grossly dilated cystic duct stump: a rare cause of postcholecystectomy pain. 
  • Abdominal wall sinus: a late complication of gallstone spillage during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 
  • An earlier report of cholelithoptysis. 
  • Bacterial biofilm within diseased pancreatic and biliary tracts. 
  • Bile compositional changes and cholesterol stone formation following orthotopic liver transplantation. 
  • Biliary lithotripsy: in vitro analysis of gallstone fragmentation for equivalent stone volumes. 
  • CT evaluation of acute cholecystitis: findings and usefulness in diagnosis. 
  • Cholecystectomy concomitant with laparoscopic gastric bypass: a trend analysis of the nationwide inpatient sample from 2001 to 2008. 
  • Cholelithoptysis and cholelithorrhea: rare complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 
  • Clinical features and mechanisms of major laparoscopic biliary injury. 
  • Clinical significance of ultrasonographically detected coincidental gallstones. 
  • Comparison of ultrasonography and oral cholecystography in lithotripsy. II. Determining retreatment. 
  • Concomitant cholecystectomy during bariatric surgery: The jury is still out. 
  • Deaths from gallstones. Incidence and associated clinical factors. 
  • Early versus delayed management for acute calculous cholecystitis: when should cholecystectomy be performed? 
  • Edge targeting reduces the number of shock waves required for biliary ESWL in vitro. 
  • Effect of enteral nutrition on human pancreatic secretions. 
  • Endoscopic laser lithotripsy of large bile duct stones. 
  • Endoscopic sphincterotomy for stones by experts is safe, even in younger patients with normal ducts. 
  • Experimental laboratory lithotripter: design, construction, and operation. 
  • Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy of gallstones: results and 6-month follow-up in 141 patients. 
  • Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. An update. 
  • Fetal gallstones in a contracted gallbladder: potential to simulate hepatic or peritoneal calcification. 
  • For patients with predicted low risk for choledocholithiasis undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy, selective intraoperative cholangiography and postoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is an effective strategy to limit unnecessary procedures. 
  • Gadoxetate disodium-enhanced magnetic resonance cholangiography for the noninvasive detection of an active bile duct leak after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 
  • Gallbladder lithotripsy. 
  • Gallstone extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy: time and treatment considerations. 
  • Gallstone formation during weight-reduction dieting. 
  • Gender differences in cholesterol nucleation in native bile: estrogen is a potential contributory factor. 
  • High kVp vs. low kVp for T-tube and operative cholangiography. 
  • High rates of recurrent biliary tract obstruction in children with sickle cell disease. 
  • Intraoperative use of a 2-mm choledochoscope for the exploration of small bile ducts and the pancreatic duct. 
  • Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and the biliary endoscopist. 
  • Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in young patients with sickle hemoglobinopathies. 
  • Laparoscopic-assisted ERCP and EUS in patients with prior Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery: a dual-center case series experience. 
  • Liver disease in pregnancy. 
  • Management of biliary complications after heart transplantation. 
  • Management of cholelithiasis in pediatric patients who undergo bone marrow transplantation. 
  • Mechanical property studies of human gallstones. 
  • NIH Consensus conference. Gallstones and laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 
  • National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement: Gallstones and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. September 14-16, 1992. 
  • Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery: lessons learned from the laparoscopic revolution. 
  • Non-operative management of a common bile duct injury sustained during cholecystectomy in a morbidly obese patient. (Non-operative repair of CBD injury). 
  • Non-operative management of symptomatic cholelithiasis in pregnancy is associated with frequent hospitalizations. 
  • Operative cholangiography performed during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 
  • Optimal cholangiographic technique for detecting bile duct stones. 
  • Percutaneous transhepatic endoscopic electrohydraulic lithotripsy of biliary tract calculi after orthotopic liver transplantation. 
  • Percutaneous transhepatic ultrasonic cholelithotripsy. 
  • Predicting the presence of choledocholithiasis in patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis. 
  • Robotic cholecystectomy: first experience with the new Senhance robotic system. 
  • Robotic single port cholecystectomy: current data and future perspectives. 
  • Scintigraphy, ultrasound and CT scanning of the liver. 
  • Shock wave lithotripsy of gallstones: results and 12-month follow-up in 174 patients. 
  • Symptomatic cholelithiasis and functional disorders of the biliary tract. 
  • The laboratory method as a variable in the interpretation of serum bilirubin fractionation. 
  • The technique of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in children. 
  • The use of pancreatic ductoscopy in the operative management of benign and malignant pancreatic disorders. 
  • The use of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation during the biliary lithotripsy procedure. 
  • Transcholedochal cholecystolithotomy for a variant of Mirizzi's syndrome. 
  • Unfolding the mystery of olfactory receptor gene expression. 
  • Value of prone positioning in the ultrasonographic diagnosis of gallstones: prospective study. 
  • Wound infection after cholecystectomy. Correlation between bacteria in bile and wound infection after operation on the gallbladder for acute and chronic gallstone disease. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Allori, Alexander C, Associate Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery
  • Jowell, Paul Simon, Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Gastroenterology