Clinical Characteristics and Course of Gallstone Diagnosed in Human Dry Dock

Abstract

To assess the clinical characteristics and course of gallstone cases diagnosed in human dry dock, we analyzed and followed up our gallstone cases retrospectively. The incidence of gallstone was 3.2% between January 1992 and December 2002 in our hospital. We examined body mass index, fasting blood sugar, total serum cholesterol, triglyceride and HDL cholesterol level of the gallstone cases in comparison with the non-gallstone cases. Serum fasting blood sugar in male subjects and triglyceride in female subjects of gallstone were significantly high compared with the non-gallstone cases. The follow-up study of sixty-five gallstone cases was revealed the ultrasonic finding parameters; stone size, number, wall thickness and acoustic shadow, were almost not changed from one to ten years (mean period; 3.8 years). Nineteen cases (8.3%) were experienced cholecystectomy in the follow-up period.