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Cholelithiasis & Cholecystitis
Gallstones and their consequences: how cholesterol, pigment and mixed stones form, the clinical presentations they produce, and the management of acute and chronic cholecystitis and its complications.
What this lecture covers
- Anatomy of the biliary tree
- Classification of gallstones
- Aetiology and the exciting factors for cholesterol, mixed and pigment stones
- Pathogenesis of stone formation
- Clinical presentation of gallstone disease
- Cholecystitis: clinical features and signs
- Complications of gallstones
- Investigations and management
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