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 Mounir Ibrahim
A1 Shashank Sarvepalli
A1 Gareth Morris-Stiff
A1 Maged Rizk
A1 Amit Bhatt
A1 R. Matthew Walsh
A1 Umar Hayat
A1 Ari Garber
A1 John Vargo
A1 Carol A. Burke
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.