Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi
July 2011
Unlabelled: Gallstones and diabetes mellitus represent a major economic burden especially when surgical treatment is involved.
Aim: The purpose of our study is to identify particular laboratory, imaging and pathological aspects that correlate with gallstones in diabetic patients that undergo cholecystectomy.
Material And Method: This retrospective study enrolled 234 subjects diagnosed and treated through cholecystectomy for gallstones during 01.
Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi
March 2011
Unlabelled: Metabolic syndrome is a clustering of cardiovascular risk factors as well as associated co morbidities, including cholesterol gallstones disease.The aim of our study is to prove the association between metabolic syndrome and cholesterol gallstones, to identify the main risk factors for this association and to trace the particularities of the metabolic syndrome in such patients.
Material And Method: Our cohort study enrolled 449 subjects, 312 patients diagnosed with metabolic syndrome and gallstones or cholecystectomy (group 1) and 137 patients diagnosed only with metabolic syndrome (group 2), hospitalized in the Respiratory Rehabilitation Medical Clinic between 2007-2009.