1007-The Sheer Gall of it All

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh continue their back to basics series by investigating the gallbladder! Along the way they cover biliary colic, predictions about episode contact, German scientists, gallstones and the five F's, the origin of bile, risk factors and ethnic differences for stones, gall sludge, Guinness records, PBC, Primary sclerosing cholangitis, Viking susceptibility, Free dripping fistula technique, bear farms, orphan drugs and more! So sit back as we root through your bowels to unearth organ information!

Further Reading

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9742755/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1116086/

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pan3.10249#:~:text=In%20TCM%2C%20bear%20bile%20is,et%20al.%2C%202009).

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11276386/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630947/

https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/full/10.7326/0003-4819-130-4-199902160-00016

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0098299785900111

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