RT Journal
A1 Thorbjarnarson B
T1 LIpids in blood and bile from the normal and the person with cholelithiasis
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 1969
FD March 1
VO 98
IS 3
SP 372
OP 374
DO 10.1001/archsurg.1969.01340090148029
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1969.01340090148029
AB The study was undertaken to make long-term observations on the level of cholesterol and phospholipid in the blood and bile of patients with or without cholelithiasis. It was hoped that, by comparison, some variations in these components of the bile and blood might be observed that could possibly explain the occurrence or absence of cholelithiasis.Material and Method 
    Four patients were studied on a metabolic unit for periods of from five to eight weeks after cholecystectomy and common duct exploration. Three of these patients had established cholelithiasis, the stones being of the mixed (inflammatory) type, while one had an essentially normal gallbladder and common bile duct.Following recovery after the operation, the patients were moved to the metabolic unit where liver function studies were done and the basal metabolic rate measured. The common duct tube was then occluded and the patients received a formula diet that consisted of the following: