Epidemiology
Etiology
Pathophysiology
Clinical features
Diagnostics
Treatment
Nonoperative management of cholelithiasis
Indications
- Patients at high risk of complications due to surgery or anesthesia (e.g., recent myocardial infarction)
- Patients unwilling to undergo surgery
Oral bile acid dissolution therapy
- May be useful in dissolving pure cholesterol stones (i.e., radiolucent stones) that are < 0.5 cm
- Ursodeoxycholic acid
- Duration of therapy: 6–24 months [17][33]