Gallbladder cancer: epidemiology and outcome

R Hundal, EA Shaffer - Clinical epidemiology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Gallbladder cancer, though generally considered rare, is the most common malignancy of
the biliary tract, accounting for 80%–95% of biliary tract cancers. An early diagnosis is …

Epidemiology of gallbladder stone disease

EA Shaffer - Best practice & research Clinical gastroenterology, 2006 - Elsevier
Gallstone disease is common:> 700,000 cholecystectomies and costs of∼ $6.5 billion
annually in the US The burden of disease is epidemic in American Indians (60–70%); a …

Epidemiology and risk factors for gallstone disease: has the paradigm changed in the 21st century?

EA Shaffer - Current gastroenterology reports, 2005 - Springer
Gallstone disease is common and costly, creating over 700,000 cholecystectomies annually.
Its complications consume approximately $6.5 billion in the United States. Surveys using …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of gallbladder disease: cholelithiasis and cancer

LM Stinton, EA Shaffer - Gut and liver, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Diseases of the gallbladder are common and costly. The best epidemiological screening
method to accurately determine point prevalence of gallstone disease is ultrasonography …

Epidemiology of gallstones

LM Stinton, RP Myers, EA Shaffer - Gastroenterology Clinics, 2010 - gastro.theclinics.com
Gallstone disease is a major health problem that is escalating. To identify risk factors in a
given population, epidemiologic studies must first define the frequency of disease. Such …

Gallbladder polyps: epidemiology, natural history and management

RP Myers, EA Shaffer, PL Beck - Canadian Journal of …, 2002 - hindawi.com
Polypoid lesions of the gallbladder affect approximately 5% of the adult population. Most
affected individuals are asymptomatic, and their gallbladder polyps are detected during …

Biliary lipid secretion in cholesterol gallstone disease. The effect of cholecystectomy and obesity.

EA Shaffer, DM Small - The Journal of clinical investigation, 1977 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Cholesterol gallstone disease is initiated in a liver which produces abnormal bile with
excess cholesterol relative to bile salts and phospholipid. To define the responsible …

Preoperative oral fluids: is a five-hour fast justified prior to elective surgery?

JR Maltby, AD Sutherland, JP Sale… - Anesthesia & …, 1986 - journals.lww.com
The effects of preoperative oral administration of 150 ml fluid were studied prospectively in
140 unpremedicated, ambulateray outpatients presenting for first trimester therapeutic …

Functional disorders of the biliary tract and pancreas

E Corazziari, EA Shaffer, WJ Hogan, S Sherman… - Gut, 1999 - gut.bmj.com
The term “dysfunction” defines the motor disorders of the gall bladder and the sphincter of
Oddi (SO) without note of the potential etiologic factors for the difficulty to differentiate purely …

Sulfasalazine revisited: a meta-analysis of 5-aminosalicylic acid in the treatment of ulcerative colitis

LR Sutherland, GR May, EA Shaffer - Annals of internal medicine, 1993 - acpjournals.org
Purpose: To assess the effectiveness of the newer 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) delivery
systems compared with placebo or sulfasalazine for the treatment of active ulcerative colitis …