A model of gallbladder motility

• Published in: Computers in biology and medicine Vol. 93; pp. 139 - 148
• Main Authors: Żulpo, M., Balbus, J., Kuropka, P., Kubica, K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2018; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Bile; Emptying; Etiology; Evacuation routing; Gallbladder; Gallbladder - physiopathology; Gallbladder diseases; Gallstones; Gallstones - physiopathology; Humans; Inflow; Internal Medicine; Kinetics; Lipids; Mathematical models; Models, Biological; Motility; Muscle Contraction; Muscles; Obesity; Other; Patients; Gallstones; Obesity; Gallbladder; Motility; Bile

Impaired gallbladder motility leads to some clinical manifestations associated with its muscle contraction and/or the rate of filling with bile. To gain a better understanding of the possible reasons for different filling/emptying patterns we developed a mathematical model of the gallbladder that ta...