Cost of gallstones treatment

  Generally speaking, the cost of treatment for this disease may range from a few hundred to tens of thousands of dollars. It mainly depends on what kind of treatment is taken.  1, gallstones in many cases, there are many people who do not have clear indications for surgery and do not need surgical treatment. Usually only small, small amount of gallbladder or intrahepatic bile duct stones found during physical examination, without clinical symptoms such as abdominal discomfort, this is temporarily does not require special treatment. Pay attention to the review, pay attention to a light diet, do not drink alcohol, regular review can be done, may not need the cost of treatment for the time being. Even if there is occasional pain caused by gallstones, the cost of some antispasmodic drugs and infection prevention drugs is about several hundred dollars.  2. Of course, many people with gallstones may need surgery because of frequent abdominal pain, jaundice, and more serious complications of cholecystitis or cholangitis. This is when the cost of treatment will be higher. This is mainly related to the type of surgery used. There are two main types of surgical treatment for gallstones, one is open surgery and the other is laparoscopic surgical treatment. The former is relatively inexpensive because it does not involve more technical conditions, so it costs less than 10,000 yuan. Laparoscopy generally requires more hardware conditions and consumables, so the cost will be relatively higher, most of which will exceed the $10,000 level. In recent years, laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been the gold standard for gallbladder stone treatment, and Beijing Friendship Hospital has now routinely carried out single-hole laparoscopic surgery through the umbilicus, with no obvious surgical scar on the abdomen after the surgery, but the treatment cost is also slightly increased accordingly.  3, there are some people who have more serious septic cholecystitis or more serious obstructive septic cholangitis due to gallbladder stones, surgery can not solve the problem of gallstones at one time, but need multiple surgical treatment. The cost will be higher in this case.  The question of the cost of treating gallstones is mainly related to the specifics of the disease. In addition, there are many factors that can affect the cost of treatment, such as the level of the hospital where the patient is seen, the region where the patient is treated, the treatment plan, the method of surgical anesthesia, and the length of hospital stay.