My grandmother 85 years old and suffering from gallbladder stone 10mm and she is suffering from severe pain and doctor said operation is not possible due to her weakness in body and what other options is there to recover from pain and what happens if the stone is left as it is?? Her report is attached below kindly suggest the next step as she is old to bare pain
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The ideal treatment is gall bladder removal i.e. cholecystectomy via laparoscopy called as Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. But, age needs to be considered too, which increases the morbidity. Also, since, her report also says peptic disease, she can undergo an UGIE.
Next Steps
Upper GI Endoscopy
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- Start her on PPIs for the meantime.
- Also, Gall Stone Solubilizing agents.
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