Asymptomatic gallstones

The Natural History of Silent Gallstones

1982 • 586 citations

Fragmentation of Gallstones by Extracorporeal Shock Waves

1986 • 540 citations

The Natural History of Diagnosed Gallstone in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Disease Patients

1985 • 348 citations

Rapid Dissolution of Gallstones by Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether

1985 • 267 citations

Gallstone Size and the Risk of Gallbladder Cancer

1983 • 264 citations

The Natural History of Cholelithiasis: The National Cooperative Gallstone Study

1984 • 260 citations

Prophylactic Cholecystectomy or Expectant Management for Silent Gallstones

1983 • 239 citations

The natural course of gallstone disease

1966 • 237 citations

A Comparison of Surgical Rates in Canada and in England and Wales

1973 • 205 citations

PREVALENCE OF GALLSTONE DISEASE IN AN ITALIAN ADULT FEMALE POPULATION

1984 • 200 citations

The effect of cholecystectomy on bile salt metabolism

1973 • 195 citations

Surgical Indications in Cholelithiasis

1960 • 195 citations

Risk Factors for the Development of Cholelithiasis in Man

1978 • 191 citations

The epidemiology of gallstone disease in Rome, Italy. Part I. Prevalence data in men

1988 • 186 citations

The effect of bile on the induction of experimental intestinal tumors in rats

1974 • 180 citations

Increased Bacterial Degradation of Bile Acids in Cholecystectomized Patients

1974 • 162 citations

CHOLECYSTECTOMY AND CARCINOMA OF THE COLON

1981 • 159 citations

Bile acid secretion and biliary bile acid composition altered by cholecystectomy

1973 • 145 citations

Carcinoma and the calcified gall bladder

1966 • 134 citations

Gallbladder Disease

1976 • 129 citations

THE SILENT GALLSTONE

1948 • 120 citations

Carcinoma in the Porcelain Gallbladder

1973 • 116 citations

Gall-bladder Dyspepsia

1963 • 108 citations

Surgical Management of Acute Cholecystitis in Patients 65 Years of Age and Older

1981 • 101 citations

Increased Risk of Colorectal Cancer After Cholecystectomy

1981 • 97 citations

CHOLECYSTECTOMY AND RIGHT-SIDED COLON CANCER: AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY

1981 • 94 citations

Relationship between cholecystectomy and ascending colon cancer

1980 • 92 citations

Acute Cholecystitis as a Postoperative Complication

1976 • 91 citations

CHOLECYSTECTOMY AND CHANGING MORTALITY FROM GALLBLADDER CANCER

1981 • 90 citations

Influence of diabetes mellitus on operative risk

1985 • 87 citations

Complications of cholelithiasis.

1968 • 84 citations

Prevalence of gall stones at necropsy in nine British towns: a collaborative study.

1979 • 83 citations

The Improving Results of Cholecystectomy

1986 • 78 citations

Outcome of Acute Cholecystitis in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

1987 • 77 citations

Management of Cholelithiasis in Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

1983 • 74 citations

Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair combined with a second surgical procedure--morbidity and mortality.

1984 • 69 citations

Primary Carcinoma of the Gallbladder

1977 • 63 citations

Gall stones and mortality: a study of all gall stone related deaths in a single health district.

1984 • 63 citations

Cholecystectomy and cancer of the large bowel

1981 • 61 citations

Chronology of Cholelithiasis

1986 • 61 citations

Risk associated with diabetes mellitus in patients undergoing gallbladder surgery.

1982 • 60 citations

Prevalence of gall stones in Dundee: a necropsy study.

1975 • 58 citations

Associated intra-abdominal lesions encountered during resection of aortic aneurysms surgical considerations

1960 • 57 citations

Factors associated with postoperative complications in diabetics after biliary tract surgery

1986 • 54 citations

Cholecystitis and Diabetes Mellitus

1962 • 46 citations

Gallstones and diabetes: An ominous association

1961 • 43 citations

Aortoiliac reconstruction combined with nonvascular operations

1983 • 43 citations

Effect of bile acids and dietary fat on large bowel carcinogenesis in animal models

1978 • 43 citations

Cholelithiasis and aortic reconstruction

1984 • 40 citations

Combining intra-abdominal arterial grafting with gastrointestinal or biliary tract procedures

1973 • 39 citations

Incidence of Gall Bladder Disease in “Normal” Men

1959 • 38 citations

A Study of Symptomatic and “Silent” Gallstone

1968 • 35 citations

Current Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment

1987 • 35 citations

Acute Cholecystitis Occurring as a Complication of Other Diseases

1983 • 34 citations

Relationship between cholecystectomy and colonic cancer in low-risk Japanese population

1983 • 31 citations

THE FREQUENCY AND FUTURE OF GALISTONES BELIEVED TO BE QUIESCENT OR SYMPTOMLESS

1944 • 30 citations

Gallstones, carcinoma of the colon and diverticular disease.

1978 • 29 citations

Operative management of incidental cholelithiasis

1984 • 25 citations

Cholelithiasis and carcinoma of the colon

1982 • 25 citations

Safety of cholecystectomy with abdominal aortic surgery.

1987 • 22 citations

Incidental cholecystectomy during major abdominal surgery in the elderly

1978 • 21 citations

Cholecystectomy Concomitant With Other Intra-abdominal Operations

1983 • 20 citations

Does simultaneous cholecystectomy increase the risk of colonic surgery?

1986 • 18 citations

Biliary Tract Surgery Concomitant with Other Intra-abdominal Operations

1981 • 17 citations

Cholecystectomy for gall stones.

1989 • 17 citations

Acute Cholecystitis Following Surgery Unrelated to the Biliary Tract

1961 • 16 citations

RESULTS OF GALLBLADDER SURGERY IN DIABETES MELLITUS

1943 • 14 citations

Risk of additional intra-abdominal procedures at the time of colectomy

1982 • 13 citations

Prevalence of gallstones in obese Caucasian American women.

1982 • 13 citations

Controversies in biliary tract surgery.

1986 • 13 citations

Should cholecystectomy be done en passant for asymptomatic cholelithiasis?

1987 • 11 citations

The significance of biliary tract disease in the diabetic--its unique features.

1963 • 11 citations

Asymptomatic gallstones

1986 • 10 citations

ON THE MORTALITY RESULTING FROM SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CHRONIC GALL-BLADDER DISEASE IN DIABETES MELLITUS

1932 • 8 citations

FACTORS INFLUENCING MORBIDITY IN BILIARY TRACT OPERATIONS

1972 • 7 citations

Cholelithiasis: a comparison of surgical and nonsurgical management strategies based on available evidence.

1979 • 5 citations

Current Status of Medical Treatment of Gallstones

1981 • 4 citations