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Health Encyclopedia: Gallstones And Gallbladder Disease Treatment
- Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease - Treatment
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Symptoms
- Prognosis
- Risk Factors
- Prevention
Treatment
Acute pain from gallstones and gallbladder disease is usually treated in the hospital, where diagnostic procedures are performed to rule out other conditions and complications. There are three approaches to gallstone treatment.
- Expectant management ("wait and see")
- Nonsurgical removal of the stones
- Surgical removal of the gallbladder
Expectant Management
Guidelines from the American College of Physicians state that when a person has no symptoms, the risks of both surgical and nonsurgical tre...
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Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Symptoms
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...and, in extreme cases, amputation. People with diabetes are at highest risk for these complications.Acute OcclusionIn rare cases, blood clots can develop suddenly in a major artery in the leg -- a... Read more »Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Prognosis
...gallbladder to the common bile duct. This can cause pain (biliary colic), infection and inflammation (acute cholecystitis), or both.About 10% of patients with symptomatic gallstones also have... Read more »Coronary Artery Disease: Prognosis
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