title: Treatment of atrophic cholecystitis by regulating the spleen--a report of 50 cases.
abstract: Fifty cases of atrophic cholecystitis were treated by regulating of the spleen. Of them, 21 were cured, 18 remarkably effective, and 7 effective. The overall effective rate was 92.0%. As compared with the results of ultrasonography B performed before and after treatment, it was shown that both the longitudinal and transverse inner diameters of the gallbladder increased evidently, and the condition of atrophy improved remarkably after treatment.
authors.affiliation: First Danjiangkou Municipal Hospital, Hubei Province.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy / Q000188:drug therapy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal