Surgery: HPB
, Contents
1) Gallstones and their complications
2) Acute Pancreatitis
, Gallstones
Definitions:
• Cholelithiasis
– Solid particles that form from bile cholesterol and
bilirubin in the gallbladder
• Cholecystitis
– Inflammation of the gallbladder due to obstruction of
a gallstone
Risk Factors:
– 5 F’s:
• Fat, Fair, Fertile, Female, Forty
, Contents
1) Gallstones and their complications
2) Acute Pancreatitis
, Gallstones
Definitions:
• Cholelithiasis
– Solid particles that form from bile cholesterol and
bilirubin in the gallbladder
• Cholecystitis
– Inflammation of the gallbladder due to obstruction of
a gallstone
Risk Factors:
– 5 F’s:
• Fat, Fair, Fertile, Female, Forty
