title: The effect of prosthetic gallstones on total bile acid pool size in dogs.
abstract: A reduction in total bile acid pool size was noted in nine of ten dogs after the implantation of inert prosthetic gallstones. Sham cholecystotomy without implantation of a prosthesis also produced a small decrease in bile acid pool size but was significantly less than the decrease noted with prosthetic stones. Bile acid ratios--cholic acid, chenodeoxycholic acid and deoxycholic acid--did not change after implantation of prosthetic stones. These findings raise the possibility that the small total bile acid pool size noted in patients with cholesterol gallstones is a phenomenon secondary to the pathologic state of the gallbladder.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism*; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000378:metabolism*; D002793:Cholic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D003840:Deoxycholic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008095:Lithocholic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D019736:Prostheses and Implants
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D002793:Cholic Acids; D003840:Deoxycholic Acid; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid; D008095:Lithocholic Acid