In patients with an asymptomatic disease where a gallstone or small polyp was found incidentally, no further treatment is undertaken until symptoms arise. When an individual has symptomatic<unk>  and early-stage cancer, a cholecystectomy is utilized. A cholecystectomy is controversial in advanced cancer due to the low 5-year survival rate, especially if regional lymph nodes are involved. Symptoms of<unk>  typically decrease after cholecystectomy unless the abdominal pain was caused by other digestive tract diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome. Nonsurgical treatment of gallstones and cholecystitis includes medication therapy are used to dissolve the stones. Chenodeoxycholic acid and ursodiol with ursodiol more commonly used due to their side-effect profile. It will take approximately two years to dissolve small stones with medications. Other avenues to reduce the modifiable risk factors that one may have for gallstones by reducing weight, dietary changes to lower cholesterol, and triglycerides.
Gallbladder disease
Hepatolithiasis
Gallbladder cancer
Biliary disease
Common bile duct stone
Biliary colic
Biliary reflux
Liver cancer