WGO Graded Evidence: Asymptomatic Gallstone Disease

Level: Other Reading: 14 Abstracts

Legend:   : Special Mention  : Important  : Very Important  : Key Development
	Cholecystectomy versus no cholecystectomy in patients with silent gallstones. KS Gurusamy, K Samraj, Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007:CD006230
	Is it possible to predict the clinical course of gallstone disease? Usefulness of gallbladder motility evaluation in a clinical setting. A Colecchia, L Sandri, ML Bacchi-Reggiani, P Portincasa, G Palasciano, G Mazzella, E Roda, D Festi, Am J Gastroenterol. 2006 Nov:2576-81; quiz 2672
	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
	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
Supplementary evidence:
	A prospective cohort study of nut consumption and the risk of gallstone disease in men. CJ Tsai, MF Leitzmann, FB Hu, WC Willett, EL Giovannucci, Am J Epidemiol. 2004 Nov 15:961-8
	Development of symptoms and complications in individuals with asymptomatic gallstones. I Halldestam, EL Enell, E Kullman, K Borch, Br J Surg. 2004 Jun:734-8
	Dietary carbohydrates and glycaemic load and the incidence of symptomatic gall stone disease in men. CJ Tsai, MF Leitzmann, WC Willett, EL Giovannucci, Gut. 2005 Jun:823-8
	Psychological factors influencing results of cholecystectomy. T Stefaniak, A Vingerhoets, D Babinska, M Trus, J Glowacki, D Dymecki, W Makarewicz, L Kaska, J Kobiela, AJ Lachinski, A Stanek, Z Gruca, Z Sledzinski, M Markuszewska-Proczko, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2004 Feb:127-32
	Re: Asymptomatic gallstones in the laparoscopic era. JR Coll Surg Edin 2002; 14: 742-748. HN Khan, Surgeon. 2004 Apr:115; author reply 116
	Silent gallstones: a therapeutic dilemma. SK Gupta, VK Shukla, Trop Gastroenterol. 2004 Apr-Jun:65-8
	Subhepatic abscess as a late complication of missed intraperitoneal gallstone after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. CJ Castellón Pavón, M Fernández Bermejo, S Morales Artero, E Del Amo Olea, Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2004 Dec:568-72
	Symptoms before and after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallstones. M Lublin, DL Crawford, JR Hiatt, EH Phillips, Am Surg. 2004 Oct:863-6
	Therapy of asymptomatic gallstones: indications and limits R Picci, SG Perri, A Dalla Torre, D Pietrasanta, P Castaldo, A Nicita, M Del Prete, M Meli, A Moraldi, Chir Ital. 2005 Jan-Feb:35-45