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Please tell me can gallstones really be dissolved? my docs want to remove my gallbladder after 3 attacks in 2 years?
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Mostly surgery: Ursodiol helps dissolve cholesterol gallstones. It is most effective if the gallstones are small or floatable.Patients must have a working gallbladder.Gallstone Treatment requires months of therapy. Complete dissolution does not always occur and recurrence with in 5 years has been observed in 50% or fewer patients. Consider alternative therapy if possible. Usually for poor candidates for surger
Answered 7/5/2014
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