[Symptomatic lithiasic biliary disease. Comparison between men and women undergoing cholecystectomy].
A prospective survey was carried out in 205 males and 667 females who had their gallbladder removed for gallstone disease during 1989 at a general hospital in Chile. Females had a greater prevalence of disease with an earlier appearance of symptoms leading to surgery at a younger age. In contrast, males developed a more aggressive form of the disease, with a shorter interval from appearance of symptoms and surgery.
Hospital Sótero del Río, Departamentos de Gastroenterología, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile.
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JC
Glasinovic
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C
González
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RM
Mege
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Marinovic
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MT
Valdivia
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Alvarado
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O
Ferreiro
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Villarroel
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies