[Clinical-functional and morphological characteristics of patients with one gallstone in the gallbladder]

Patients suffering from gallstone disease form a non-uniform group. There is variance not only in the number and localization of gallstones, but also in the clinical development of the disease (the presence or absence of typical attacks of liver colic, jaundice in the anamnesis), the condition of the contractile and concentrating functions of the gall bladder, the stone formation activity and the inflammatory component manifestation. Taking into account the anamnesis data, the functional state of the gall bladder and the stone formation activity, it seems possible to make a differentiated selection of treatment methods and techniques for a certain patient suffering from the gall-bladder disease. This approach is most suitable for patients having a single stone in the gall bladder as the approach enabling to perform organ-preserving treatment for them.