Clinical and biochemical study of 114 cases of cholelithiasis

ABSTRACT

During a period of 16 months 114 patients with cholelithiasis were studied. The diagnosis was confirmed by cholecystogram in 41 cases, by surgery in 28 and both surgery and the x-ray in 45 cases. There were 100 females and 14 males and their average age was 43.2 years. The average number of pregnancies in females was 6.5. Clinically the jaundice was observed in 9 percent and the gall bladder was palpable in 47 percent of cases. Cholelithiasis appeared to be related to increased parity but not to the body weight