title: Gallbladder disease: an update on diagnosis and treatment.
abstract: This paper reviews the clinical presentation of gallstone disease, acalculous cholecystitis, biliary dyskinesia, and gallbladder cancer, as well as how to make best use of current diagnostic and treatment methods, particularly ultrasonography, cholescintigraphy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
authors.affiliation: Transplant Center and Department of General Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA. vogtd@ccf.org
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Vogt
mesh_terms: D001657:Biliary Dyskinesia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002767:Cholecystostomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003085:Colic / Q000209:etiology; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D011127:Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery