Pediatric cholelithiasis is being increasingly diagnosed owing to the widespread use of
ultrasonography, raised pediatric obesity and use of long-time parenteral nutrition. Clinical …

Background In contrast to adults, for whom guidelines on the cholelithiasis treatment exist,
there is no consistent treatment of pediatric patients with cholelithiasis throughout national …

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the gold standard for surgical management in
symptomatic children, but it is not without complications, bile duct injury being among the …

Aim The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical presentation, risk factors,
complications, treatment and outcomes of cholelithiasis in children. Methods Children with …

Background Cholesterol stones and biliary dyskinesia have replaced hemolytic disease as
the primary indication for pediatric cholecystectomy. This study looks at the cohort of …

Purpose The prevalence of gallstones in children has increased over the last years.
Choledocholithiasis (CD) is present in up to 30% of the cases. There is a scarcity of studies …

Background Adult patients with cholecystitis who do not undergo cholecystectomy on index
admission have worse outcomes, however, there is a paucity of data of the role of …

Purpose We investigated the clinical features and factors affecting the choice of treatment
modality and the course of pediatric gallstone (GS) disease. Methods We retrospectively …

Background An increase in the frequency of cholecystectomy in children has been
described during the last decades. Part of the reason is that more cholecystectomies in …

BACKGROUND: Current adult guidelines for the management of choledocholithiasis (CDL)
may not be appropriate for children. We hypothesized adult preoperative predictive factors …