Sonographic Measurement Of Gallbladder Wall Thickness Among Symptomatic Adults In Atbara City

Abstract

This was a descriptive cross sectional study carried out during the period from September 2018 to march 2019 . This study was conducted in Atbara state in the ultrasound department of Atbara hospital . The study aimed to characterize the gallbladder measurement in symptomatic patients 50 patients with clinical suspected of gallbladder disease/ hepatitis cirrhosis and renal failure (26 male- 24 female ) were enrolled in the study . The study showed that the male are common affected than female (52%) were males and (48%) were female . the collected data were analyzed using the SPSS statistical program . The result of this study showed that gall bladder wall was commen affected by gall bladder disease/ hepatitis cirrhosis and renal failure that measure up to (3mm) . the length and width of gall bladder showed were most commen affected by the GB disease only that measure up to (3cm) width and up to (10 cm) length . The study recommend that future studies with large samples could be done in the same topic to know more about the role of ultrasound reply in the evaluation of gall bladder measurement in symptomatic patient in Sudan in general .