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Asymptomatic cholelithiasis: is cholecystectomy really needed? A critical reappraisal 15 years after the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
GH Sakorafas, D Milingos, G Peros, Dig Dis Sci. 2007 May:1313-25 |
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Asymptomatic cholelithiasis in children with sickle cell disease: early or delayed cholecystectomy?
G Currò, A Meo, D Ippolito, A Pusiol, E Cucinotta, Ann Surg. 2007 Jan:126-9 |
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Prospective evaluation of endoscopic ultrasonography in the diagnosis of biliary microlithiasis in patients with normal transabdominal ultrasonography.
SA Mirbagheri, M Mohamadnejad, J Nasiri, AA Vahid, R Ghadimi, R Malekzadeh, J Gastrointest Surg. 2005 Sep-Oct:961-4 |
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Somatosensory changes in the referred pain area before and after cholecystectomy in patients with uncomplicated gallstone disease.
M Stawowy, AM Drewes, L Arendt-Nielsen, P Funch-Jensen, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2006 Jul:833-7 |
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Acute gallstone cholecystitis in the elderly: treatment with emergency ultrasonographic percutaneous cholecystostomy and interval laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
A Macrì, G Scuderi, E Saladino, G Trimarchi, M Terranova, A Versaci, C Famulari, Surg Endosc. 2006 Jan:88-91 |
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Expected and unexpected gallstones in primary care.
AM Speets, Y Van der Graaf, AW Hoes, S Kalmijn, NJ De Wit, WP Mali, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2007 Mar:351-5 |
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Increased activity of hepatic microsomal triglyceride transfer protein and bile acid synthesis in gallstone disease.
J Castro, L Amigo, JF Miquel, C Gælman, F Crovari, A Raddatz, S Zanlungo, R Jalil, M Rudling, F Nervi, Hepatology. 2007 May:1261-6 |
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Increased gallstone risk in humans conferred by common variant of hepatic ATP-binding cassette transporter for cholesterol.
F Grunhage, M Acalovschi, S Tirziu, M Walier, TF Wienker, A Ciocan, O Mosteanu, T Sauerbruch, F Lammert, Hepatology. 2007 Sep:793-801 |
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Laparoscopic treatment of cholelithiasis in cirrhotic patients.
M Flores Cortés, A Obispo Entrenas, F Docobo Durántez, E Romero Vargas, D Legupín Tubío, Z Valera García, Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2005 Sep:648-53 |
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Long-term effect of magnesium consumption on the risk of symptomatic gallstone disease among men.
CJ Tsai, MF Leitzmann, WC Willett, EL Giovannucci, Am J Gastroenterol. 2008 Feb:375-82 |
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Pain attacks in non-complicated and complicated gallstone disease have a characteristic pattern and are accompanied by dyspepsia in most patients: the results of a prospective study.
T Berhane, M Vetrhus, T Hausken, S Olafsson, K Søndenaa, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2006 Jan:93-101 |
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Risk of peptic ulcer, oesophagitis, pancreatitis or gallstone in patients with unexplained chest/epigastric pain and normal upper endoscopy: a 10-year Danish cohort study.
EM Munk, AM Drewes, A Gorst-Rasmussen, H Gregersen, P Funch-Jensen, B Nørgård, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2007 May 15:1203-10 |
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The silent gallstone: Follow-up of 33 cases.
H Jaddou, F Ammari, Ann Saudi Med. 1996 Mar:123-5 |
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Association between gallstone-evoked pain, inflammation and proliferation of nerves in the gallbladder: a possible explanation for clinical differences.
R Hennig, J Zanli, T Osman, I Esposito, T Berhane, M Vetrhus, K Søndenaa, MW Buchler, H Friess, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2007 Jul:878-84 |
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Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in gallstone-associated acute pancreatitis.
K Ayub, R Imada, J Slavin, Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004:CD003630 |
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Gallstone disease: Symptoms and diagnosis of gallbladder stones.
P Portincasa, A Moschetta, M Petruzzelli, G Palasciano, A Di Ciaula, A Pezzolla, Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 2006:1017-29 |
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Guidelines of the German Society of Gastroenterology for the treatment of gallstones
T Sauerbruch, Z Arztl Fortbild Qualitatssich. 2002 May:222-6 |
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The influence of gallbladder function on the symptomatology in gallstone patients, and the outcome after cholecystectomy or expectancy.
TK Larsen, N Qvist, Dig Dis Sci. 2007 Mar:760-3 |