Acid-base balance in the oral cavity in cholelithiasis

Yashnova N., Yashnov A., Zolotukhina A., Katman M., Turchina E.

Currently, gallstone disease occupies one of the leading places among the diseases in emergency abdominal surgery. Based on the research of domestic and foreign authors, cholelithiasis affects from 14 to 17% of the world's population. Currently, there are several theories of the pathogenesis of stone formation. The main trigger factors of cholelithiasis are: stagnation of bile; violation of cholesterol metabolism; violations of pigment metabolism, etc. Despite the fact that quite a lot of research has been devoted to the study of the etiopathogenesis of gallstone disease in recent years, a number of points remain unexplored. Analyzing the factors contributing to the development of cholelithiasis, attention is drawn to the fact that the acid-base imbalance in the oral cavity in patients with cholelithiasis has not been evaluated. The purpose of our study was to determine the pH of saliva in the oral cavity in patients with cholelithiasis who were being treated in the surgical department of the GUZ KKB, operated using the standard technique of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. All patients were compared by age and gender. Research methods: pH-metry of saliva using litmus paper, statistical processing of the data obtained.

Keywords:cholelithiasis, acute cholecystitis, saliva pH, oral cavity, cholecystectomy.