Gallbladder disease that occurs without gallstones is called biliary dyskinesia or acalculous gallbladder disease. It can be acute (arising suddenly, often as a one-time occurrence) or chronic (persistent, recurrent).
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Chronic acalculous gallbladder disease (also called biliary dyskinesia) appears to be caused by muscle defects or other problems in the gallbladder, which interfere with the natural movements required to empty the sac.
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Need for further randomised clinical trials to assess the role of cholecystectomy in patients with suspected gallbladder dyskinesia ... Gallbladder dyskinesia is a motility disorder of the gallbladder (the gallbladder does not contract properly). The disorder is associated with intermittent right upper abdominal pain...
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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, removal of the gallbladder, is the treatment of biliary dyskinesia. Careful consultation with the surgeon is very important before this surgery as the tests and history to diagnosis this condition are not as ironclad as gallstones.
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Gallbladder dyskinesia presents with typical biliary pain in the absence of gallstones. Work-up includes laboratory tests and imaging to rule out gallstones. Further investigation leads to a functional radionuclide study to investigate gallbladder ejection fraction.
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AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: The evidence for the benefits and harms of cholecystectomy in gallbladder dyskinesia from randomised clinical trials is based on a single small trial at risk of bias. Further randomised clinical trials with improved bias control are necessary to confirm or reject the promising results.
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AIM: The aim of the present study was to develop a new pharmacologic method during hepatobiliary scintigraphy by which patients with functional and organic forms of gallbladder (GB) dysfunction can be differentiated. ... RESULTS: In the majority of patients with ABP and suspected GB dyskinesia, CCK10 and GTN...
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