[Study of the contractility of the gallbladder by ceruletide infusion cholescintigraphy after litholysis].
Twenty-six randomly selected patients 2-6 years (mean: 3.5) after rapid percutaneous catheteric litholysis at the Radiological Department were investigated by quantitative Ceruletide cholescintigraphy in this pilot study. The average EF of the patients with recurrent gallstones (Group II) was lower (55 +/- 23%) than that of the patients without stones (69 +/- 23%) (Group I). The authors conclude that this scintigraphic method could help not only to select the best method to make patient stonefree but has an important role in forecasting the prognosis of gallstone recovery after litholytic therapy.
Galuska
L
L
Debreceni Orvostudományi Egyetem, Nukleáris Medicina Központ.
Péter
M
M
Garai
I
I
Varga
J
J
Tóth
J
J
D002108:Ceruletide; D002765:Cholecystography / Q000379:methods*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods*
D002108:Ceruletide