Global, regional, and national burden of gallbladder and biliary diseases in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.
BACKGROUND Gallbladder and biliary diseases-including cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, cholangitis, and other non-malignant biliary tract disorders-are important contributors to the global digestive disease burden, but a global, comprehensive, and systematic estimation of their burden is absent. We aimed to quantify long...