title: Gallbladder disease in children.
abstract: Biliary disease in children has changed over the past few decades, with a marked rise in incidence-perhaps most related to the parallel rise in pediatric obesity-as well as a rise in cholecystectomy rates. In addition to stone disease (cholelithiasis), acalculous causes of gallbladder pain such as biliary dyskinesia, also appear to be on the rise and present diagnostic and treatment conundrums to surgeons.
authors: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Women and Children׳s Hospital of Buffalo, 219 Bryant St, Buffalo, New York 14222; Department of Surgery, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York.
authors: David H
authors: DH
authors: Rothstein
authors: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Women and Children׳s Hospital of Buffalo, 219 Bryant St, Buffalo, New York 14222; Department of Surgery, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York. Electronic address: charmon@kaleidahealth.org.
authors: Carroll M
authors: CM
authors: Harmon
mesh_terms: D001657:Biliary Dyskinesia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans
keywords: Acalculous cholecystitis; Biliary dyskinesia; Cholelithiasis; Critical view of safety; Gallbladder; Pediatric biliary disease