[Changes in liver function in patients with alimentary obesity combined with cholecystitis as affected by diet...

A study was made of the effect of the reduced diet including a dry protein mixture (DPM) and Ocean paste on radionuclide and clinicobiochemical indicators of the bile in 66 patients with alimentary obesity associated with cholecystitis. The control group received the reduced diet. It was noted that improvement of the patients' general status and reduction of the main clinical disease manifestations were accompanied by liver function improvement that manifested in the normalization of absorption-excretory function of hepatocytes and a more marked and significant increase in the level of the main bile, components in patients given the DPM and Ocean paste. It is concluded that the DPM and Ocean paste should be introduced into the reduced diet, since this favours an increase in the diet biological value and efficacy of the management of alimentary obesity associated with cholecystitis.