title: Gallbladder motility disorders estimated by non-invasive methods.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim is to compare the radionuclide (DC) and ultrasonographic (US) method in the assessment of gallbladder (GB) motility.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was performed in 15 controls (C), 10 patients with acute cholecystitis (AC), 20 patients with chronic acalculous cholecystitis (CAC), 26 patients with chronic cholecystitis with calculosis (CCC) as well as in 15 patients with GB dyskinesia (D). GB emptying period (EP), ejection fraction (EF) and ejection rate (ER) were estimated with dynamic cholescintigraphy (DC) and US.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The DC and US finding in the patients with AC was typical in all the patients, i.e. GB was not visualized at all on DC, while on US, stone was visible in the cystic duct. There were significant differences (p<0.05) between the EF and ER values obtained between C and the three groups of patients CAC, CCC and D, using both methods. However, there were no significant differences in EF, EP and ER values among CAC, CCC and D (p>0.05). There was also high correlation between the results obtained with both methods in all the groups of patients studied.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results obtained by both methods are valuable for the assessment of GB motility. Although there are no significant differences and there is a high correlation between the values, radionuclide method is more precise, because it can register motility continuously.
authors.affiliation: University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Milorad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrovic
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Radoman
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Artiko
authors.forename: Mirjana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stojkovic
authors.forename: Milica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stojkovic
authors.forename: Darija
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Durutovic
authors.forename: Marinko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zuvela
authors.forename: Slavko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matic
authors.forename: Andrija
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antic
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Palibrk
authors.forename: Aleksandar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Milovanovic
authors.forename: Jovica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Milovanovic
authors.forename: Danijel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Galun
authors.forename: Nebojša
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Radovanovic
authors.forename: Anica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bobic-Radovanovic
authors.forename: Dragana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sobic
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Obradovic
mesh_terms: D042101:Acalculous Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001657:Biliary Dyskinesia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D041881:Cholecystitis, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003938:Diagnostic Techniques, Digestive System; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016473:Gallbladder Emptying; D006801:Humans; D020347:Lithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D055771:Serbia; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D019784:Technetium Tc 99m Diethyl-iminodiacetic Acid; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019784:Technetium Tc 99m Diethyl-iminodiacetic Acid