GALL STONES;

FREQUENCIES OF GALL STONES IN THE PATIENTS ATTENDING SURGICAL OPD AT ISRA HOSPITAL HYDERABAD.

Abstract

Objectives: Recognition of various gall stones in the patients attending surgical
OPD by biochemical analysis of gall stones. Study design: Cross sectional study. Place &
duration of study: ISRA Hospital, Hyderabad and Institute of Biochemistry Sindh University
Jamshoro. Duration of study was 18 months. Methods: Cases were patients with gall stones who
were diagnosed on ultrasonography. Gall stone analysis was done from Institute of Biochemistry
Sindh University Jamshoro. A total of sixty nine subjects were included in the study. Results: In
the present study the mean Age was 35.81+ 8.12 years. Frequencies in different age groups are
15-24 (11.60%), 25-34 (24.64%), 35-44 (53.63%), 45-54 (8.69%), 55-64 (01.45%). Age distribution
is shown in Graph III-1. In the present study 49(71.0%) were females and 20(29%) were males
with the female to male ration of 2.45:1. gender distribution is shown in Graph III-2. In the present
frequencies of different types of gall stones was, cholesterol stones 38(55.07%), pigmented
stones 20(28.99%) and mixed type of stones 11(15.94%). Frequencies of different types of gall
stones is shown in Graph III-3. Conclusions: In our study the frequency of cholesterol gall stone
is more as compared to pigmented and mixed gall stones. A total of 55.07% of cholesterol
gallstones were found in our study with the female predominance.