ABSTRACT
Recognition of various gall stones in the patients attending surgical OPD by biochemical analysis of gall stones. Cross sectional study. ISRA Hospital, Hyderabad and Institute of Biochemistry Sindh University Jamshoro. Duration of study was 18 months. Cases were patients with gall stones who were diagnosed on ultrasonography. Gall stone analysis was done from Institute of Biochemistry Sindh University Jamshoro. A total of sixty nine subjects were included in the study. In the present study the mean Age was 35.81+ 8.12 years. Frequencies in different age groups are 15-24 [11.60%], 25-34 [24.64%], 35-44 [53.63%], 45-54 [8.69%], 55-64 [01.45%]. Age distribution is shown in Graph III-1. In the present study 49[71.0%] were females and 20[29%] were males with the female to male ration of 2.45:1. gender distribution is shown in Graph III-2. In the present frequencies of different types of gall stones was, cholesterol stones 38[55.07%], pigmented stones 20[28.99%] and mixed type of stones 11[15.94%]. Frequencies of different types of gall stones is shown in Graph III-3. In our study the frequency of cholesterol gall stone is more as compared to pigmented and mixed gall stones. A total of 55.07% of cholesterol gallstones were found in our study with the female predominance