Should I have surgery for gallbladder stones or not?

  Gallbladder stones are a very common disease, and its risk factors are as follows: 1. Gallbladder stones are accompanied by chronic cholecystitis, and the symptoms of chronic cholecystitis are usually a hidden pain in the right upper abdomen or under the saber (it can also be pain in the right back or right side of the back of the shoulder). Many patients are mistaken for “stomach disease”, and often long-term treatment as stomach disease is ineffective.  When the gallbladder stone slips into the cystic duct and leads to obstruction of the cystic duct, right upper abdominal colic (this is biliary colic) can occur, mostly at night (see separate article for details of why it occurs at night), which may be relieved immediately after changing position (the gallbladder stone returns to the gallbladder), however, not all biliary colic can be relieved by changing position. However, not all biliary colic can be relieved by changing position.  Some gallbladder stones can fall into the common bile duct through the cystic duct, leading to obstruction of the common bile duct and pancreatic duct, resulting in jaundice and acute pancreatitis, which must be treated immediately at the hospital, otherwise the consequences are very serious.  4, individual patients have gallbladder cancer on the basis of chronic cholecystitis, which is a more sad thing, although it is not common, but it should be paid attention to, otherwise there is no regret medicine available. Therefore, surgery is recommended for symptomatic gallbladder stones, while the decision of whether to operate for asymptomatic gallbladder stones is up to the patient.