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GALLSTONES

Current options in gallstone management

What to do when symptoms are mild or absent

Pages 115-128 | Published online: 05 Dec 2017
 

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Should surgery to remove gallstones be deferred until symptoms occur? When should therapy with oral bile acids, lithotripsy, or methyl tert-butyl ether be considered? How should nonspecific dyspeptic symptoms in a patient with cholelithiasis be managed? Dr Marshall discusses these and other questions and controversies.

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John B. Marshall

John B. Marshall, MD Dr Marshall is associate professor and interim director, division of gastroenterology, department of internal medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, and staff gastroenterologist, Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Columbia, Missouri.

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