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.