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Gall bladder stone
Dear Dr .
i am 37 year old working proffational having GBS of 8mm ( measured last year); accidentally detected while i was admitted to hospital for dengue treatment last year.
there is no symptoms, paid and associted discomfort.
do you suggest proactively going for surgery or wait for pain or symptoms to appear.since there are different school of thoughts for going for surgery or wait and watch .
is there any alternate treatment?
kindly suggest.
kunal mishra
height 5'11"
wt 81kg
Hi there,
yes, there are two school of thoughts. But it is also true that, stone in GB can dislodge any time and come down to CBD. Then it creates prob. Nobody can forecast when and in whom it can happen. So, if you want to take the risk, u can wait-otherwise go for surgery. Remember that, stone can form only in a diseased GB. So, in your case, it is already diseased. Not much benefit of keeping it long
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