PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
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
TI  - Gallstones: Watch and wait, or intervene?
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.85a.17035
DP  - 2018 Apr 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 323--331
VI  - 85
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/85/4/323.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/85/4/323.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2018 Apr 01; 85
AB  - 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.