Gallstone Disease Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Approaches

The nonsurgical management of gallstone disease has drawn widespread clinical interest during the last decade as ultrasound surveys have indicated that cholelithiasis is predom­ inantly an asymptomatic condition and much more prevalent than previously thought. This book presents an overview of the p...

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Other Authors: Swobodnik, Werner (Editor), Soloway, Roger D. (Editor), Ditschuneit, Hans (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1990, 1990
Edition:1st ed. 1990
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Therapeutic Interventions in Patients with Gallbladder Stones: The Internist’s View
  • Acute Biliary Pancreatitis
  • Systemic Litholysis with Bile Acids
  • Principles of Gallstone Dissolution with Chenodeoxycholic Acid, Ursodeoxycholic Acid, and the Combination of Both Bile Acids
  • Systemic Litholysis with Bile Acids: Ursodeoxycholic Acid
  • Combination Therapy of Chenodeoxycholic Acid and Ursodeoxycholic Acid
  • Results of an Index-Controlled Combination Therapy with Ursodeoxycholic and Chenodeoxycholic Acid
  • Extracorporeal Schock-Wave-Lithotripsy
  • Physical Basis of Lithotriptors
  • Extracorporeal Shock-Wave Lithotripsy of Gallstones
  • Administration of Second-Generation Extracorporeal Shock Waves without Waterbath for Fragmentation of Extra- and Intrahepatic Bile Duct Stones
  • Piezoelectric Lithotripsy of Gallbladder Stones
  • BiliaryShock-Wave Lithotripsy: Experience of the First 3 Years in 612 Patients
  • Laser Lithotripsy
  • Laser Lithotripsy: Basic Physics
  • Pathobiochemistry and Pathophysiology of Gallstone Development: Importance for Clinical Decision Processses
  • Increased Biliary Lithogenicity Through Cholesterol Supersaturation
  • Nucleation and Aggregation of Cholesterol Crystals in the Early Phase of Gallstone Genesis
  • Modulation of the Edge Tension of Lipid Membranes by Cholate and Cholesterol and the Micelle-Vesicle Transition in Model Bile Systems
  • Pigment Gallstones and Secondary Calcification of Gallstones
  • The Influence of the Gallbladder Epithelium on Gallstone Formation
  • Biliary Proteins and Their Role as Nucleating Inhibitors/Promotors
  • Neurohormonal Aspects of Gallbladder Contractility in Gallstone Disease: The Role of Cholecystokinin
  • Environmental Factors and Gallstones
  • Different Therapeutic Approaches to Gallstone Disease
  • Is Therapeutic Intervention Necessary in Gallstone Disease? The Surgeon’s Point of View
  • Surgical Therapy for Acute Gallstone Complications
  • Laser Lithotripsy: Clinical Applications
  • Local Litholysis
  • Local Litholytic Agents: Dissolution of Cholesterol Biliary Tract Stones with Methyl tert-Butyl Ether
  • Local Litholysis of Calcified Pigment Stones
  • Local Litholysis of Intrahepatic Calculi
  • New Therapeutic Trends
  • Reduction of Biliary Cholesterol Saturation by Inhibition of Cholesterol Synthesis: New Therapeutic Consequences?
  • Gallstone Prevention by Alteration of Gallbladder Mucin Secretion via Prostaglandin Synthesis Inhibition
  • Gallstone Prevention After Successful Treatment
  • Intermittent Bile Acid Therapy as an Alternative Therapeutic Strategy