The dissolution of gallstones.

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<p>This is the second part of a talk by Herman Dowling, Lecturer in Medicine in the postgraduate department at Hammersmith Hospital, London, and Deputy Director at the Medical Research Council's Intestinal Malabsorption Group. In this part he talks about factors which influence the rate of human cholesterol gallstone dissolution. Chenodeoxycholic acid feeding enhances cholesterol solubility in bile and promotes gallstone dissolution in man. The complications of this treatment are described and future gallstone research considered.</p>

The dissolution of gallstones.

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