About 25% of people diagnosed with gallstones each year will need treatment. There are several approaches to treating cholesterol stones, but pigment stones almost always require surgery.

Certain medications can assist in dissolving cholesterol stones. In severe cases, the most common surgery for gallbladder stones is laparoscopic cholecystectomy. It involves removing the gall bladder.

For those experiencing unexplained upper abdominal pain, doctors recommend seeking medical advice instead of self-medicating ...

Included in this prospective study cohort were all patients with CBDS and gallbladder ... 5 weeks after the operation in the outpatient setting. If there were retained stones, the T-tube was ...

Lucknow: Doctors at the gastroenterology department of Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS) emphasised prioritising pre-surgical e.

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But these stones can be removed with the help of surgery. Gallstones are the most common reason for abdominal pain and about 5-6% of the adult population has gallstones. However, until now adults ...

Ten gallbladder surgeries were carried out at Hospital on Sunday with the help of high-tech robots in an effort to cut ...

Cholecystectomy (ko-luh-sis-TEK-tuh-mee) is a type of surgery that removes a diseased gallbladder. This surgery is usually done as a laparoscopic surgery. The doctor puts a lighted tube and other ...

It remains unknown as to which approach is optimal for management of gallbladder stone with common bile duct ... required open surgery. Of 330 successful LCBDE-treated patients, 237 underwent ...