Gallstone disease is a worldwide medical problem, but the incidence rates show substantial
geographical variation, with the lowest rates reported in African populations. Publications in …

Cholescintigraphy with 99mTc-hepatobiliary radiopharmaceuticals has been an important,
clinically useful diagnostic imaging study for almost 4 decades. It continues to be in much …

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Biliary disease in children has changed over the past few decades, with a marked rise in
incidence—perhaps most related to the parallel rise in pediatric obesity—as well as a rise in …

Background Expert consensus defines biliary dyskinesia as a rare disorder of the gall‐
bladder characterised by pain and impaired gall‐bladder function. Aim To determine trends …

Background The focus of biliary dyskinesia (BD) shifted within the last 30 years, moving from
symptoms after cholecystectomy (CCY) to symptoms with morphological normal gallbladder …

The clinical utility of cholecystokinin-cholescintigraphy with calculation of a gallbladder
ejection fraction (GBEF) in patients with suspected chronic acalculous gallbladder …

The dlagnosis and treatment of biliary dyskinesia, defined as symptoms of billiary colic in the
absence of gallstones, remains controversial and has been the subject of several previous …

The etiologic and clinical features of cholecystitis in infection due to human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were studied retrospectively. The charts and histopathologic …

Sincalide-stimulated cholescintigraphy is performed to quantify gallbladder contraction and
emptying. However, different infusion methods are used for this study. Our purpose was to …