Medical treatment of gallstone disease

Piero Portincasa; Antonio Moschetta; Francesco Puglisi; Luigi Borracino; David Q.H. Wang

doi:10.1007/978-88-470-0763-5_13

Medical treatment of gallstone disease

Piero Portincasa, Antonio Moschetta, Francesco Puglisi, Luigi Borracino, David Q.H. Wang

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Abstract

Gallstones are one of the most prevalent and costly digestive diseases [1]. About 75% of the gallstones in the United States and other westernized countries are cholesterol gallstones, which are subclassified as either pure cholesterol or mixed stones that contain at least half cholesterol by weight. The remaining gallstones are pigment stones that contain mostly calcium bilirubinate and are subclassied into two groups: black pigment stones (20%) and brown pigment stones (5%).

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Biliary Lithiasis
Subtitle of host publication	Basic Science, Current Diagnosis and Management
Publisher	Springer Milan
Pages	149-157
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	9788847007628
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0763-5_13
State	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes

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