title: [Gallstone ileus (author's transl)].
abstract: Gallstone ileus may complicate biliary disease in 0.3 to 4.0%. The incidence of mechanical obstruction of the small intestine due to gallstones is between 0.1 and 7.7%. This being an illness of the elderly patient, the prognosis is most unfavorable. The mortality lies between 10 and 50%. Further lowering of the mortality rate is only possible by early surgery.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Gallenstein-Ileus