BACKGROUND: The treatment of patients with gallstones who have suffered a first episode of acute biliary pain is controversial. Recent guidelines suggest that such patients may choose to observe ...

Gallstones are generally larger than kidney stones and the size if these stones is up to 5 cm. These stones may require surgical removal, and the procedure is called cholecystectomy.” ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Gallstones are hard, solid deposits that form in the gallbladder, a pear-shaped organ in ...

The stones can vary in size, with some being as small as a grain of sand or a pea or as big as a golf ball. Even though they are stones, there are differences between gallstones and kidney stones.