Gallstone disease screening

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hadeel Maksoud M.D.[2]

Overview

Periodic screening for gallstones is not currently indicated. However, it has been suggested that screening diabetic patients for gallstones and treating them earlier is good practice for avoiding a future cholecystectomy or possible complications. A Taiwanese study also concluded that annual screening for gallstones could be valuable both medically and economically.

Screening

There is no screening program in place for the detection of gallstones at present.