
Gallstone Formation, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention
- 1st Edition - March 11, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Rajani Sharma, Shubha rani sharma, Ram Prasad
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 6 0 9 8 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 6 0 9 9 - 8
Gallstone Formation, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention describes the current scenario of gallstones and adopted treatment methods. It is a complete reference for researche… Read more

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Request a sales quoteGallstone Formation, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention describes the current scenario of gallstones and adopted treatment methods. It is a complete reference for researchers introducing new techniques to help prevent extreme treatments such as a cholecystectomy. This reference provides current knowledge and basic challenges of understanding gallstone formation, with all variations of composition, including complications of the treatment process. This content directs researchers to focus on gallstone mechanisms to design and develop new treatment methods. The book provides all possible factors for gallstone formation as well as preventative measures.
- Offers treatment methods, including both chemical and herbal methods
- Presents mechanisms behind gallstone formation that are important to researchers to determine treatment methods that can prevent cholecystectomy
- Includes the latest research on acute pancreatitis, one of the major concerns of gastrointestinal disease
- Discusses the effects of gallstone as a cancer-causing mechanism
Researchers, scientists, academicians and policymakers, gastroenterologists, Medical students
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Historical perspective of gallstones
- Abstract
- Introduction
- History of gallstone classification
- Classification system for gallstone
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2. Comparative study of gallstone with urinary stone and kidney stone
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Urinary stones
- Gallstones
- Kidney stones
- Comparative analysis of gallstone with kidney stones
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 3. Role of the gallbladder in our metabolism and immune system
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Physiology of gallbladder
- Formation, storage, and secretion of bile
- Role of gallbladder and biliary tree in immunity
- Role of gallbladder in our metabolism
- Conclusion
- Conflict of interest
- References
- Chapter 4. Factors prevailing for gallstone formation
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Who is at the risk of gallstones?
- Factors underlying gallstone formation
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 5. Role of liver in gallstone formation
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Types of gallstones
- Classification by clinical aspects
- Factors affecting gallstone formation
- Treatment
- Spectroscopic approaches to analyze and detect gallstones
- Conclusion
- Conflicts of interest
- References
- Chapter 6. Molecular aspect of gallstone formation: a systematic review
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Prevalence and incidence
- Pathophysiology of gallstone formation
- Molecular mechanisms involved in cholesterol gallstone formation
- Role of trace elements in gallstone formation
- Genetic mechanism of gallstone formation
- Cholecystokinin A receptor gene polymorphism and cholelithiasis
- Clinical presentation and diagnosis
- References
- Chapter 7. Relation of the microflora of oral cavity and gallbladder
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Oral microbiome
- Association between oral microbiome and overall health
- Bacterial communities in the oral microbiome
- Helicobacter pylori and Helicobacter spp. and gallstones
- Gallstone microbiome
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 8. Gut microbial physiology and gallstone formation
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Pathogenesis of gallstone formation
- Metabolic process of gallstone formation
- Gallstone detection
- Future prospects
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 9. Gallstone: a factor for acute pancreatitis
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Disease models
- Diagnosis
- Management of the disease
- Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 10. Gallstone: a lead factor for gallstone cancer
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Pathogenesis
- Staging
- Diagnostic imaging
- Management
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- Conflict of interest
- References
- Chapter 11. Diagnostic tools for gallstone
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Gallbladder conditions
- How are gallstones diagnosed and evaluated?
- Nuclear medicine
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 12. Role of probiotics in gallstone treatment
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Biliary microbiota
- Probiotics
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 13. Chemical and herbal treatment for gallstone treatment
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Choleretic and cholagogic effects of anti-cholelithiac plants
- Herbal alternatives for the treatment of gallstones
- Plants exhibiting choleretic attributes
- Plants exhibiting cholegogic attributes
- Chemical alternatives for the treatment of gallstones
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 14. The implication of gall stones in gallbladder cancer and recent updates on its epidemiology
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Epidemiology of gallbladder cancer
- Incidence of gallbladder cancer in India
- Mortality
- Correlation between gallstones and gallbladder cancer
- Cause of gallstone formation
- Complications of gallstones
- Inflammation of the gallbladder (acute cholecystitis)
- Jaundice
- Infection of the bile ducts (acute cholangitis)
- Acute pancreatitis
- Gallbladder cancer
- Gallstone ileus
- Current treatment and therapies for gallstone disease
- Major challenges of gallstones and gallbladder cancer
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 15. Application of computational approaches for the drug discovery of cholesterol gallstone disease: identification of new farnesoid X receptor modulators as a case study
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results and discussion
- Conclusion
- References
- Glossary
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 11, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 400
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443160981
- eBook ISBN: 9780443160998
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Rajani Sharma
Dr. Rajani Sharma is an Assistant Professor at Amity University, Jharkhand. She has a PhD in Bioengineering, and her current research interests include microbiology, drug design and discovery, biochemistry, and immunology. Dr. Sharma has extensive research experience in microbiology related to health and drug resistance, and her research studies have found that microbes are prone to mutation which makes them resistant to antibiotics resulting in immunological challenges to humans. Dr. Sharma has organized several conferences, been an eminent speaker holding national webinars, and has won First Prize in oral presentation at the 2020 online International E-Conference on the “Novel Biotechnological Approach to Sustain in Pandemic Scenerio” organized by the Department of Biotechnology & Research in India. She has numerous publications, including research papers, review articles, and book chapters. She has edited two books, has five published patents, and serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Gastroenterology (IJG).
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Shubha rani sharma
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Ram Prasad
Dr. Ram Prasad is an Associate Professor at Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Bihar, India. Dr. Prasad has served as an Assistant Professor Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India; Visiting Assistant Professor, Whiting School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States, and Research Associate Professor at School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. Dr. Prasad has more than two hundred publications to his credit, including research papers, review articles, and book chapters; has edited or authored several books; and has five patents issued or pending. He’s on the editorial boards of a number of journals, and his research interests include plant-microbe interaction, agriculture sustainability, nanobiotechnology, and applied microbiology.