Eksp Klin Gastroenterol
June 2011
Gallstone disease (GSD) in childhood is no longer a casuistry. In connection with it pediatricians have some questions: which method of treatment should be preferred? How to prevent disease progression? Despite the vast experience gained by physicians, gastroenterologists in the study of cholelithiasis in pediatric pharmacotherapy issues of GSD are under study, because it isn't possible to extrapolate the turned internists data in pediatrics, should be considered with the anatomical and physiological characteristics of children, to take into account peculiarities of formation and chemical composition of gallstones. Recent advances in operative and endoscopic techniques allow for the revision of treatment policy for children with cholelithiasis.
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July 2010
Although that the first reports of cholesterosis gall bladder were in the second half of the XIX century, there is still insufficient information about the frequency of its detection in children. According to some researchers, this disease was detected in patients aged 13 to 14 years. In other periods of childhood gallbladder cholesterosis is considered to be casuistic rarity.
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