Despite no clear relationship has been proved between diet and gallstone
formation, it is usually recommended to follow a vegetarian and low fat diet. In
addition, doctors might recommend:
- Medications to dissolve the stones.
-
Shock wave
lithotripsy.
- Open cholecystectomy (abdominal incision), or
- Laparoscopic cholecystecomy, which is the most common procedure for removing
the gallbladder.
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