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Prevalence of biliary lithiasis in a Sicilian population of hemodialysis patients

2001

Studies performed to date on the prevalence of biliary lithiasis (BL) in chronic renal failure patients on hemodialysis (HD) have given contradictory results. The aims of the present study were to evaluate the prevalence of BL and its main associated risk factors in a population of hemodialysis patients, and to compare the results with those we had obtained previously in an overt population of the same zone. The study included 171 patients (83 M, 88 F), mean age 62.5 years and mean duration of dialysis 66.7 months. The screening protocol also included body mass index (BMI), a number of biochemical parameters and an ultrasound scan of the gallbladder and biliary tract. The general prevalence…

Biliary lithiasiSettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaEpidemiologyNephrologyHemodialysi
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ILEO BILIARE: DIAGNOSI E TRATTAMENTO. CASE REPORT

2006

The authors present a case of gallstone intermittent ileus caused by the passage of a big gallstone (about 4 cm in diameter) in the intestinal lumen, through a cholecystoduodenal fistula. They emphasize the peculiarity of the case for the characteristics of symptoms and for casual diagnostic check-up with a ultrasonography. The disease is not frequently diagnosed; today it has a safe recognition by modern imaging. The symptoms can be intermittent and, even when there are the classic signs of intestinal occlusion, the site of the occlusion is various. With a timely endoscopical or surgical approach (open or laparoscopic) it is possible to reduce mortality of patients treated in emergency.

Ecografia - Ileo biliare - Fistola bilio-digestiva - Litiasi biliare Ultrasonography - Gallstone ileus - Bilioenteric fistula - Biliary lithiasis
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Prevalence of biliary lithiasis in a Sicilian population of chronic renal failure patients.

2003

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of biliary lithiasis (BL) and associated risk factors in a population of undialysed patients with chronic renal failure (CRF), and to compare these with findings we had obtained previously in chronic haemodialysis (HD) patients and in subjects from the general population located in the same geographic region. METHODS A total of 118 CRF patients on conservative treatment were included in the study. In all subjects, we measured several clinical and humoral parameters potentially correlated with BL. Liver and biliary tract ultrasonography was performed with a 3.5 MHz linear probe after at least 12 h of fasting. RESULTS The prevale…

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