[Gas chromatographic determination of serum bile acid levels in chronic cholecystitis patients].

Serum bile acids were studied in 27 patients with chronic noncalculous cholecystitis. It was ascertained that the total concentration of bile acids under study was appreciably increased as compared with the data derived in the control group patients. There was noticeable differences between modulations in individual fractions of serum bile acids, attesting to an unusual distress of the synthetic function of hepatocytes. Alterations in the metabolism of cholates seen in chronic cholecystitis agreed well with the pattern of the disordered motor function of the gallbladder and were more pronounced in patients with hypokinesia.