Abstract
Although observation is the best form of therapy for patients with asymptomatic gallstones, surgical management offers the least risk and greatest benefit to patients with symptomatic disease. This is particularly true of patients with diabetes and patients over 60 years of age. Dissolution therapy may play a major role in the treatment of symptomatic cholesterol gallstones in the future, but at present the most effective approach remains early cholecystectomy.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 181-187 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Postgraduate medicine |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1986 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
-
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Medicine
Fingerprint
Dive into the research topics of 'Gallstones. When to observe, when to treat'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.Cite this
- APA
- Author
- BIBTEX
- Harvard
- Standard
- RIS
- Vancouver