Gallstones

"Gallstones" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Solid crystalline precipitates in the BILIARY TRACT, usually formed in the GALLBLADDER, resulting in the condition of CHOLELITHIASIS. Gallstones, derived from the BILE, consist mainly of calcium, cholesterol, or bilirubin.

Descriptor ID	D042882
MeSH Number(s)	C06.130.409.633 C06.130.564.332.500 C23.300.175.525
Concept/Terms	Gallstones Gallstones Gallstone Gall Stones Biliary Calculi Calculi, Biliary Gall Stone Common Bile Duct Calculi Common Bile Duct Calculi Gallstones, Common Bile Duct Common Bile Duct Gallstones Gall Stones, Common Bile Duct Biliary Calculi, Common Bile Duct Common Bile Duct Gall Stones

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Diseases [C]
Digestive System Diseases [C06]
Biliary Tract Diseases [C06.130]
Cholelithiasis [C06.130.409]
Gallstones [C06.130.409.633]
Gallbladder Diseases [C06.130.564]
Cholecystolithiasis [C06.130.564.332]
Gallstones [C06.130.564.332.500]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical [C23.300]
Calculi [C23.300.175]
Gallstones [C23.300.175.525]

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Bar chart showing 12 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2006 and 2012 and 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	0	1	1
2004	0	1	1
2006	0	2	2
2008	1	0	1
2012	2	0	2
2016	2	0	2
2017	1	0	1
2020	1	0	1
2022	1	0	1

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Anderson F, Madiba TE, Thomson SR. Predicting gallstone pancreatitis in HIV infected patients. S Afr J Surg. 2024 May; 62(2):50-53.

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Montalvo-Jave EE, Ayala-Moreno EA, Soper NJ, Ashley SW, Stain S, Pawlik TM, Pellegrini C, Cameron JL, Vauthey JN, Jones D, Sarr MG, Callery MP, Chaba SS. Mexico: the Inaugural International Chapter of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. J Gastrointest Surg. 2022 03; 26(3):519-522.

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Pitt HA, Nakeeb A. Prevention of Gallstone Formation After Gastrectomy. JAMA Surg. 2020 08 01; 155(8):712.

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Alsayid M, Awadalla M, Albo B, Talat A, Wassef W. The Impact of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy on 30-Day Readmission Rate for Acute Cholangitis Patients: A Single-Center Study. Dig Dis Sci. 2021 03; 66(3):861-865.

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Vivian E, Cler L, Conwell D, Cot? GA, Dickerman R, Freeman M, Gardner TB, Hawes RH, Kedia P, Krishnamoorthi R, Oduor H, Pandol SJ, Papachristou GI, Ross A, Sethi A, Varadarajulu S, Vege SS, Wassef W, Wilcox CM, Whitcomb DC, Wu BU, Yadav D, Ellison A, Habash S, Rastegari S, Reddy R, Yen T, Brooks MR, Tarnasky P. Acute Pancreatitis Task Force on Quality: Development of Quality Indicators for Acute Pancreatitis Management. Am J Gastroenterol. 2019 08; 114(8):1322-1342.

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Adejumo AC, Akanbi O, Adejumo KL, Bukong TN. Reduced Risk of Alcohol-Induced Pancreatitis With Cannabis Use. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2019 02; 43(2):277-286.

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Al-Mansour MR, Fung EC, Jones EL, Zayan NE, Wetzel TD, Martin Del Campo SE, Jalilvand AD, Suzo AJ, Dettorre RR, Fullerton JK, Meara MP, Mellinger JD, Narula VK, Hazey JW. Surgeon-performed endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Outcomes of 2392 procedures at two tertiary care centers. Surg Endosc. 2018 06; 32(6):2871-2876.

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Brewer Gutierrez OI, Bekkali NLH, Raijman I, Sturgess R, Sejpal DV, Aridi HD, Sherman S, Shah RJ, Kwon RS, Buxbaum JL, Zulli C, Wassef W, Adler DG, Kushnir V, Wang AY, Krishnan K, Kaul V, Tzimas D, DiMaio CJ, Ho S, Petersen B, Moon JH, Elmunzer BJ, Webster GJM, Chen YI, Dwyer LK, Inamdar S, Patrick VB, Attwell A, Hosmer A, Ko C, Maurano A, Sarkar A, Taylor LJ, Gregory MH, Strand DS, Raza A, Kothari S, Harris JP, Kumta NA, Manvar A, Topazian MD, Lee YN, Spiceland CM, Trindade AJ, Bukhari MA, Sanaei O, Ngamruengphong S, Khashab MA. Efficacy and Safety of Digital Single-Operator Cholangioscopy for Difficult Biliary Stones. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 06; 16(6):918-926.e1.

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Xie Y, Cifarelli V, Pietka T, Newberry EP, Kennedy SM, Khalifeh-Soltani A, Clugston R, Atabai K, Abumrad NA, Davidson NO. Cd36 knockout mice are protected against lithogenic diet-induced gallstones. J Lipid Res. 2017 08; 58(8):1692-1701.

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Sharma P, Bhunia S, Poojary SS, Tekcham DS, Barbhuiya MA, Gupta S, Shrivastav BR, Tiwari PK. Global methylation profiling to identify epigenetic signature of gallbladder cancer and gallstone disease. Tumour Biol. 2016 Nov; 37(11):14687-14699.

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