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Gallbladder and gallstones

Cause, diagnosis and treatment

  1. Harvard University Well-Connected Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease


  2. Gallstones and gallbladder surgery National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
  3. My gallbladder disease question and answers
  4. Intellihealth Harvard and Washington Post gallstones diagnosis and treatment
  5. Building Better Health gallstones cause, diagnosis and treatment
  6. Gallbladder disease United Kingdom net doctor
  7. Gallbladder and Bile Duct Diseases US government MedlinePlus
  8. Biliary disease Gallstones, Cholecystitis, Biliary Cirrhosis, Bile Duct Cancer Chicago Loyola University
  9. Dieting can cause gallstones National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse

Jaundice or yellow skin and eyes

which may be caused by gallstones blocking the bile passages

Gallbladder tests

  1. Ultrasound
    1. Harvard University Brigham Radiology Ultrasound Acute Cholecystitis or swollen blocked gallbladder
    2. Abdominal Ultrasound RadiologyInfo
  2. Medicomm HIDA scan diagnoses gallbladder blockage and poor emptying:
  3. ERCP
    1. ERCP Indiana University
    2. ERCP Borland-Groover Clinic Jacksonville Florida
    3. ERCP pictures, normal and abnormal, A. Freytag, M. Kutscha
  4. MRCP pictures, US Virginia Commonwealth University

Gallbladder surgery

  1. SAGES (Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons) laparoscopic gallbladder surgery

Gallbladder and Gallstone Pictures

  1. Structure and Function of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts John Hopkins University Pathology
  2. Gallbladder and gallstones Mayo Clinic

 
   

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