Suggest Remedies For A Gallbladder Stone With A Size Of 17mm

Posted on Wed, 21 Sep 2016

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Question : My mother has been detected with Gall bladder stone of a size of 17 mm. She is 72 years ..has BP ...and asthama . She is 5 ft in height with a weight of 90 kgs. The stone has been extremely painful since 2 to 3 days...doctor has suggested surgery. Please suggest what should be the best course of action

Answered by Dr. Pavan Kumar Gupta (4 hours later)

Brief answer....best course of action is surgery
Detailed answer....
Hello,
Thanks for the query.
I have read your query and seen the reports.
The best course of action,rather we should say only course of action,is surgical removal of gall bladder. It is done very easily these days by laparoscopy.
Laparoscopic removal is the shortest and fastest surgery with fast recovery.
Consult a surgeon and get the surgery done as there is no other way of treating a gall bladder stone.
I hope it helps,however you are most welcome to revert to me for any further query.
Best of luck
Thanks

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