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Gallbladder stone
My mother in law has diagnosed few mobile calculi noted measuring 6-7mm in gall bladder.Is it dissolve by medication or surgical intervention required..
Please suggest...🙏
Attached USG report for your reference..
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Gall stones require surgery . Provided she has no contraindication laparoscopic gall bladder removal is the only option .
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Modalities of treatment are there
Don't go on USG report
What are the complints
Consult to surgeon more details u will get
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Gall bladder stones can be symptomatic or asymptomatic, decision depends on many factors i need to know more details about hypertension or diabetes amd previous medical history
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Dr. Saurabh Uplenchwar
Urologist
10 yrs exp
Pune
The gold standard treatment for gall bladder stones is surgery. Though many medicines have been tried...none have proven to be effective as per the various studies conducted
As per the international guidelines... Surgery is required only if the patient has symptoms ir symptomatic gallstones. Or even if asymptomatic it depends on the size of the stone or the polyp
Therefore taking these things under consideration,the USG report attached above does not dictate surgical intervention unless the patient is symptomatic
Hope this helps clear your doubt
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consult a surgeon if the patient has pain in the right hypochondrium or epigastrium. or if the patient has these complains with fever and chills
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reduce weight if already overweight, take small and regular meals, avoid fasting, reduce fat consumption
these measures though might not regress the already formed stones... they might definitely help in decreasing the rate of progression or new stone formation
so if the patient is asymptomatic then this would be the best modality of management
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