Is surgery needed for acute cholecystitis with cholelithiasis?

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It is very tempting to treat gallbladder stones with dissolving drugs, but there are some very important limitations, which are, those drugs require up to two years of treatment, they do not prevent the formation of new ones, they cannot be used on all types of stones,Leaving behind the gallbladder will still lead to problems, if it is stuck in the neck, as in your case, there are two possible ways which are, do an operation right now, today itself, It is advisable within a week of onset of pain, and it is more cost effective; and give you medications and then operate after six weeks. This is preferred by most surgeons as it makes surgery easier and safer. Here the current problem is cured with medications and to prevent further recurrence or a stone getting stuck, surgery is done. The downside is that, during this treatment, what if the current problem is not fixed by medication, this probability is around 20 percent. I have a suspicion that you have lost a considerable amount of weight recently. In this case, dissolution therapy can work, but only in some cases. But, it is not a very good option as 0.2 inch stone can trickle down and cause problems. The chance of not ever having recurrence attack is less than 30 percent. In around 50 percent cases, you will have a second attack within a year. It is also important to consider why you developed a gallbladder stone at this young age. You could be suffering from some blood disorder. Talk to your doctor about it. If that is the case, dissolution treatment will not work for you anyways. So, I think surgery is the best option for you. Discuss the above with your doctor.

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