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[Symptomatic lithiasic biliary disease. Comparison between men and women undergoing cholecystectomy]
J C Glasinovic1, C González, R M Mege
1Hospital Sótero del Río, Departamentos de Gastroenterología, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile.
Revista Medica De Chile
|December 1, 1991
Abstract:
A prospective survey was carried out in 205 males and 667 females who had their gallbladder removed for gallstone disease during 1989 at a general hospital in Chile. Females had a greater prevalence of disease with an earlier appearance of symptoms leading to surgery at a younger age. In contrast, males developed a more aggressive form of the disease, with a shorter interval from appearance of symptoms and surgery.