Postprandial gall-bladder emptying in patients with gall stones.
- 19 January 1980
- Vol. 280 (6208), 141-143
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.280.6208.141
Abstract
Gall-bladder emptying in response to a standard meal was assessed in 34 patients with radiolucent gall stones and 34 matched controls. Percentage gall-bladder emptying, derived from volume measurements made on standardised oral cholecystography, was significantly higher at 15 minutes in the patients than the controls (mean +/- SE of mean 38.0 +/- 3.7% v 28.0 +/- 3.8%). This difference was maintained at 30 and 60 minutes. It is concluded that postprandial gall-bladder emptying is increased in patients with cholesterol gall stones, and that this may be the cause of the small bile-acid pool found in these patients.Keywords
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