Gallstones: Watch and wait, or intervene?

Mounir Ibrahim¹, Shashank Sarvepalli², Gareth Morris-Stiff^{3

4

5}, Maged Rizk^{1

6}, Amit Bhatt^{1

5}, R Matthew Walsh^{7

8}, Umar Hayat², Ari Garber^{1

9}, John Vargo^{10

11}, Carol A Burke¹²

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¹ Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
² Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
³ HPB Surgery, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁴ Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁵ Clinical Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁶ Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁷ Rich Family Distinguished Chair of Digestive Diseases, Chairman, Department of General Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Chairman, Academic Department of Surgery, Education Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁸ Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁹ Clinical Instructor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
¹⁰ Chairman, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
¹¹ Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
¹² Vice Chair, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. burkec1@ccf.org.

PMID: 29634468
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.85a.17035

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Gallstones: Watch and wait, or intervene?

Mounir Ibrahim et al. Cleve Clin J Med. 2018 Apr.

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. 2018 Apr;85(4):323-331.

doi: 10.3949/ccjm.85a.17035.

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Affiliations

¹ Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
² Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
³ HPB Surgery, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁴ Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁵ Clinical Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁶ Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁷ Rich Family Distinguished Chair of Digestive Diseases, Chairman, Department of General Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Chairman, Academic Department of Surgery, Education Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁸ Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁹ Clinical Instructor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
¹⁰ Chairman, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
¹¹ Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
¹² Vice Chair, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. burkec1@ccf.org.

PMID: 29634468
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.85a.17035

Abstract

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.

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