Prevalence and Risk Factors of Biliary Stones

Abstract

Gallstone disease is the most commonly disorder affecting the biliary system, Gallstones are solid, pebble-like masses that form in the gallbladder or the biliary tract, forms when the bile contains too much cholesterol, bilirubin, or not enough bile salts or if gallbladder does not empty completely or often enough, Gallstone range in size from a grain of sand to a golf ball, can be a single large gallstone, hundreds of tiny stones or both