How big gallstones need surgery

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Gallstone is a common disease. Many friends suffer from gallstone for a long time, and they don't know how big the gallstone needs surgery. Let's introduce how big the gallstone needs surgery.

How big gallstones need surgery

Under normal circumstances, the inner diameter of cystic duct is 2.0 mm, and the gallstones less than 2.0 mm may be discharged by oral medicine under the guidance of doctors. If the stone is larger than 2.0 mm, the best way is to choose gallstone surgery. The indication of gallstone surgery is for the general situation, and it is not absolute. It should be decided according to the specific situation and needs of patients.

How big is the gallstone? How big is the gallstone? The gall bladder is located in the right upper abdomen, so if there are gallstones, all kinds of symptoms also appear in the right upper abdomen. Gallstones larger than 1 cm in diameter, patients will have intermittent right upper abdominal pain, right shoulder and back pain, loss of appetite, greasy food, nausea, vomiting, fever and other serious cases.

When the diameter of gallstones is between 0.5-0.8 cm, it may be blocked at the exit of the gallbladder, which is called stone incarceration in medicine. As a result, the bile in the gallbladder cannot be eliminated, resulting in the extreme expansion of the gallbladder. In severe patients, the gallbladder will be suppurated and necrotic. Sometimes incarcerated stones will compress the common bile duct, resulting in necrosis of the common bile duct, or obstruction or partial obstruction of the common bile duct, which is manifested as yellowing of the skin and mucosa of the whole body. The treatment of this situation is very troublesome.

matters needing attention

Gallstone daily life diet is very important, eat less spicy food, eat less animal viscera and other high fat food, eat more fruits and vegetables, but also drink more water, promote bile discharge.