How Necessary Is Gallbladder Removal Surgery?

A study has established that although the majority of patients who had been hospitalized with acute biliary pancreatitis had their gallbladders taken out, many patients who didn’t have the operation fared well over a 4-year follow-up period.[1]

For patients who have been admitted to hospital for acute biliary pancreatitis, typically due to gallstones, the standard medical treatment is cholecystectomy, or removing the gallbladder surgically.

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