Open AccessPrevalence of cholelithiasis in patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease
Author(s) -
Wolfgang Kratzer,
Mark Martin Haenle,
Richard Mason,
Christian von Tirpitz,
Volker Kaechele
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v11.i39.6170
Subject(s) - medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , ulcerative colitis , disease , gastroenterology , cholecystectomy , gallbladder , logistic regression , gallstones , risk factor , gallbladder disease , population , crohn's disease , environmental health
To investigate the effect of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (CIBD) specific risk factors for cholecystolithiasis, as duration and involvement pattern of the disease and prior surgery in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC).