title: [Lithiasis of the gallbladder and biliary ducts: from epidemiology to therapy].
abstract: The diagnosis of cholelitiasis, more and more common with the wide diffusion of abdominal ultrasound, is often a surprise for the patient as well as for the physician who is sometimes forced to take a therapeutical decision. In the case of dilatation of the biliary duct, the cholangioRM is assuming an increasingly important role, especially before a therapeutical ERCP. The best therapeutical approach seems to be the surgical ablation in laparoscopy in presence of specific signs and symptoms. Indication to surgical ablation is a symptomatic or complicated cholelithiasis, or the history of obstructive pancreatitis. A preventive cholecystectomy can be useful for precancerous lesions.
authors.affiliation: UOADU Gastro-Epatologia, Azienda Ospedaliera, San Giovanni Battista (Molinette), Turin, Italy. rinaldo_pellicano@hotmail.com
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pellicano
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Palmas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Astegiano
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vanni
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bresso
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rizzetto
mesh_terms: D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Litiasi della colecisti e delle vie biliari: dall'epidemiologia alla terapia.