Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Study of Relationship Between Gallstones and Concomitant Gastric Helicobacter Pylori Infection
Brief Summary: In this study, the presence of H.Pylori in the gallbladder mucosa of patients with symptomatic gallstones undergoing cholecystectomy was investigated. Concomitant H.Pylori infection of the gastric mucosa was also investigated to study the relationship of gastric H.Pylori infection to gallstones. It was hypothesized that H.Pylori infection of the gastric mucosa may have a role in the formation of gallstones.