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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.