COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BILIARY CHOLESTEROL LEVELS IN IRON DEFICIENT AND NON-IRON DEFICIENT PATIENTS OPERATED FOR GALL STONE DISEASE

Abstract

Background:  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 fifty is only partly true, as the disease has been observed in women after their first delivery and 
also in underweight and thin people. Several etiological factors have been studied in the formation of gall stones