TITLE:
Gall Bladder Stone in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Mogadishu-Three Year Retrospective Study
AUTHORS:
Abdirahman Ahmed Mohamud, Nasteho Mohamad Sheikh Omar, Nur Adam Mohamed, Lıban Muse Mohamed, Abdıhakım Artan Abdı, Fuduma Nur Adan, Salim İdris Keleşoğlu, Jafar Abdulahi Omar
KEYWORDS:
Gall Stone, Abdominal Ultrasound, Gall Bladder, Cholangitis, Gall Bladder Stone (GBS)
JOURNAL NAME:
Surgical Science,
Vol.13 No.9,
September
30,
2022
ABSTRACT: Introduction: Gallstone disease, also
known as gallbladder stones or GBS, is almost always asymptomatic but can
result in a number of problems, including
ascending cholangitis and obstructive jaundice. The frequency of gallbladder stones among patients who were sent for abdominal ultrasound at Mogadishu Somali Turkey Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, during the period
between January 2018 and June 2022 was assessed in this study. Methods: This is a record-based
study that was carried out at the radiology department of Mogadishu Somali Turkey Training and Research Hospital on patients who were chosen for abdominal
ultrasounds during the months of January 2018 and January 2022. The study
focused on cases that occurred within those periods. Reports of abdominal
ultrasounds served as the source of the collected data. Results: Records from 2352 patients are included in this
study. They were divided into 451 (19.1%) males and 1901 (80.8%) females.
Patients with GBS were present in 76.4 percent of cases. 73.2 percent of
patients had big stones larger than 5 mm, while 53.4 percent of patients had
several stones. GBS 1474 (77.5%)
was substantially more common in females than in males (71.6%: 323/451) (P
0.008). The presence of small stones (less than 5 mm) was also shown to be significantly different
between males and females (P = 0.015). Furthermore, compared with men, females
had a considerably higher frequency of big GBS (5 mm) (P 0.015). Conclusion: In this study, it was discovered that females were significantly more
likely than males to have GBS. Small stones were found much more frequently in
the males. When compared to men, females had a considerably higher frequency of
large GBS.