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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Nonoperative management is suboptimal (ursodiol, lithotripsy). Cholecystectomy is the therapy of choice.

Medical therapy

Cholesterol gallstones can sometimes be dissolved by oral ursodeoxycholic acid. Gallstones may recur however, once the drug is stopped.