A COMPARISON OF BILIARY CHOLESTEROL LEVELS IN IRON DEFICIENT AND NON-IRON DEFICIENT PATIENTS OPERATED FOR GALL STONE DISEASE IN NALANDA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL

Abstract

Gall Stone disease is a common clinical entity affecting adult population of both sexes. The old saying, that gall stone sufferer is a fat, fertile, female of fty is only partly true, as the disease has been observed in women after their rst delivery and also in underweight and thin people. Several etiological factors have been studied in the formation of gall stones. There has been recent interest in establishing the role of several nutritional trace elements in the pathogenesis of gall stone disease. Iron Deciency is a new and particularly interesting parameter which has been studied lately, but with a few studies showing conicting results. Establishing the role of Serum Iron in the etiology of Gall stones is of special importance in our population group because of the huge prevalence of nutritional deciencies. It also provides scope for early detection, treatment and risk modication if its role as an etiologic/risk factor is clearly dened.