Dr. G.S. Moirangtham is Professor and Head of gastrointestinal surgery and minimal access surgery unit, at Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal. He is an immediate past president of society of endoscopic and laparoscopic surgeons of India (SELSI) In this text interview, Dr. G.S. Moirangtham provides Insights into Laparoscopic gastroenterology, and will discuss about: Advances in the in the field of gastroenterology Key differences between laparoscopic versus open appendectomy Question: Please elaborate on the relationship between Cholelithiasis and ABO Blood Group.
Dr. G.S. Moirangtham Says: Till now, there is no specific data to correlate cholelithiasis with any ABO grouping. We have done a study on limited number which revealed that 40% of our patients of gallstone disease belonged to group O. But some studies in the literature found that the incidence of gallstone is…
