RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Gallstones: Watch and wait, or intervene?
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 323
OP 331
DO 10.3949/ccjm.85a.17035
VO 85
IS 4
A1 Ibrahim, Mounir
A1 Sarvepalli, Shashank
A1 Morris-Stiff, Gareth
A1 Rizk, Maged
A1 Bhatt, Amit
A1 Walsh, R. Matthew
A1 Hayat, Umar
A1 Garber, Ari
A1 Vargo, John
A1 Burke, Carol A.
YR 2018
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/85/4/323.abstract
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.