Gallstones

Perspectives on Gallstones.- The Composition of Gallstones.- Transepithelial Water Transport in the Biliary System.- Mechanisms of Solute Secretion into Bile.- The Apoprotein of the Bile Lipoprotein Complex (APO-BLC).- The Enterohepatic Circulations of Bile Acids in Man: A Maturation of Concepts.- A Biophysical Approach to Cholesterol Transport from Tissues to Bile.- Physical Chemistry of Bile: Lipid Solubility.- Quasielastic Light Scattering Studies of Micelle Formation and Cholesterol Precipitation in Model Bile Solutions.- Biliary Cholesterol Supersaturation, Metastability and Micronucleation.- The Nucleation of Cholesterol Monohydrate Crystals in Model Bile Solutions.- The Role of Supersaturated Bile and Other Factors in the Genesis of Cholesterol Gallstones in Man.- Gallstone Formation in Animals.- The Role of the Gallbladder in Gallstone Formation.- Studies on the Pathogenesis of Cholesterol Gallstone Formation: Alterations of Bile Acid Transport and Liver Surface Membrane Lipid Structure by Estrogens.- Bile Acids: Stereospecific Side-Chain Hydroxylations in the Biosynthesis of Chenodeoxycholic Acid.- Effects of Diets and Drugs on Biliary Cholesterol Secretion in Man.- Recent Advances in the Synthesis, Metabolism, and Secretion of Biliary Phospholipids.- An Overview.- Ultrasonic Diagnosis of Cholelithiasis.- Cholescintigraphy.- Current Management of Uncomplicated Gallstones with Chenodeoxycholic Acid.- Ursodeoxycholic Acid for Gallstone Dissolution: The Emergence of a New Therapeutic Application of an Old Bile Acid.- Diet and Gallstones.- Endoscopic Treatment of Choledocholithiasis.- Pathogenesis and Management of Choledocholithiasis.- General Discussion.- Contributors.