Acute pancreatitis is a severe complication of gallstones with considerable mortality. We sought to explore the potential risk factors for biliary pancreatitis. We compared postprandial gallbladder motility (via ultrasonography) and, after subsequent cholecystectomy, numbers, sizes, and types of gal
Gallstones and gallbladder cancer-volume and weight of gallstones are associated with gallbladder cancer: A case-control study
✍ Scribed by Iván Roa; Gilda Ibacache; Juan Roa; Juan Araya; Xabier de Aretxabala; Sergio Muñoz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 117 KB
- Volume
- 93
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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