title: [Therapeutic tactics in cholelithiasis in children].
abstract: Biliary tract diseases in children in recent years increasingly attracted the attention of not only physicians and surgeons, but this problem is becoming increasingly important in pediatric practice. Thus, gallstone disease in childhood is becoming a serious medical and social problem because of its chronic relapsing course, the development of severe complications, reduced quality of life and social adaptation of children. A particular difficulty is to select treatment tactics at cholelithiasis in childhood. The aim of this study was to demonstrate on the basis of own experience observing children with cholelithiasis, advantages and disadvantages of both surgical and conservative treatment of cholelithiasis in children, suggest alternative approaches for different periods of childhood.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Kharitonova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods; D011788:Quality of Life; D012008:Recurrence