TY - JOUR T1 - Gallstones: Watch and wait, or intervene? JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 323 LP - 331 DO - 10.3949/ccjm.85a.17035 VL - 85 IS - 4 AU - Mounir Ibrahim AU - Shashank Sarvepalli AU - Gareth Morris-Stiff AU - Maged Rizk AU - Amit Bhatt AU - R. Matthew Walsh AU - Umar Hayat AU - Ari Garber AU - John Vargo AU - Carol A. Burke Y1 - 2018/04/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/85/4/323.abstract N2 - Gallstones are common in the United States, affecting an estimated 1 in 7 adults. Fortunately, they are asymptomatic in up to 80% of cases, and current guidelines do not recommend cholecystectomy unless they cause symptoms. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the standard treatment for symptomatic gallstones, acute cholecystitis, and gallstone pancreatitis. ER -