A silt-like stone is a morphological description of a gallbladder stone that resembles fine, soft sand and is smaller than other common gallbladder stones that are in a more complete, larger stone. Sediment-like stones tend to fall through the cystic duct into the common bile duct, so patients with sediment-like gallbladder stones should have their gallbladder surgically removed if they are associated with cholecystitis. Sediment stones are basically the same as other gallbladder stones, only the morphology is different, so there is no need to worry too much about sediment stones, the treatment plan is the same as other gallbladder stones. If there are symptoms or if there are more sediment-like stones, surgery should be performed.
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