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Chronic calculous cholecystitis is an inflammatory disease which affects the gallbladder wall and causes motoric-tonic dysfunctions of the biliary system, accompanied by presence of gallstones in the gallbladder lumen, and reveals as biliary pain (1, 3). The motoric dysfunction of the gallbladder...
cholecystitis - inflammation of the gall bladder inflammation, redness, rubor - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. Translations...
Each liver disease will have its specific treatment regimen. For example, hepatitis A requires supportive care to maintain hydration while the body's immune system fights and resolves the infection. Patients with gallstones may require surgery to remove the gallbladder. Other diseases may need long-...
Methods: This academic center retrospective study compared resolution of biliary pain in adults with gallbladder hyperkinesia [hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid scan ejection fraction (HIDA EF) > 80%] with (Study Group) or without (Control Group) cholecystectomy. Of 1477 HIDA scans done between 2013 ...
and into the small intestine. The device then injects a temporary dye into the ducts connecting the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas with the small intestine (biliary ducts). The dye makes is easier for the health-care professional to see any stones or signs of organ damage. In some cases...
Gallstonesare common, especially in women, who are twice as likely to have stones as men. Gallbladder stones might cause no symptoms but may also cause pain in the back, shoulder, or upper abdomen, and nausea and vomiting.2 Symptoms might be worse after eating, especially when eating a me...
Gallstones oracute gallbladder inflammation (acute cholecystitis)can cause: Sudden, severe, even extreme, pain in the upper right abdominal quadrant that can remain constant for several minutes to hours and can radiate to the middle upper back or rightshoulder(Picture 3) ...
Michels NA: The anatomic variations of the arterial pancreaticoduodenal arcades: Their import in regional resection involving the gallbladder, bile ducts, liver, pancreas, and parts of the small and large intestines. J Int Coll Surg 37: 13–40, 1962. ...
Gallstonesandalcohol misuseare two common causes of acute pancreatitis. The latter, alcohol misuse, is the reason that many acute pancreatitis cases are seen in the emergency room during the festive season where alcohol consumption is often excessive. It is also the reason for the prevalence of ...