title: [Causes, shape and chemistry of gallstones].
abstract: Gallstones are precipitations of oversaturated bile fluid. They can develop in the gallbladder and in the efferent bile ducts; they are very often correlated with diseases of the gallbladder, bile ducts and neighboring organs. The gallstone disease (cholelithiasis) is increasing continually, especially in developed countries with overcaloric nourished population. Surgical interventions on the biliary tract are the most frequent abdominal operations at present.
mesh_terms: D001646:Bile / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001652:Bile Ducts; D001654:Bile Pigments / Q000378:metabolism; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000150:complications; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000378:metabolism; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D001654:Bile Pigments; D002784:Cholesterol; D001663:Bilirubin
vernacular_title: Zur Ursache, Form und Chemie der Gallensteine.