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Gallstone in old man
My grandfather is a 76 year old man. A 12.00mm calculus is seen in lumen of gall bladder has been detected in his USG report. However there is no symptom as such is evident from outside.
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Dr. Kumar Parth
Gastroenterologist
19 yrs exp
Bangalore
Hi, asymptomatic gall bladder stone need not to be removed. However if patient is DIABETIC then one can go ahead with the surgery.
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