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Hello doctor,
Sister is 47 years old. Women with gallstones lead to chronic cholecystitis. Recently, women had a CT scan and found that the gallbladder border was 7mm thick. Doctor let me ask gallstones, chronic cholecystitis, should I have surgery or should I use stable antibiotics before surgery, doctor? Please advise, thank you doctor.
Nguyen Thi Hau (1982)
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Hello,
To the question "Cholelithiasis, chronic cholecystitis should surgery?" , the doctor would like to answer as follows:
Gallstones are not actually a stone (stone) but a solid form formed in the gallbladder due to the supersaturation of 1 of the 3 components of bile: cholesterol, gallbladder decoction and calcium salts.
Chronic cholecystitis is a condition caused by many episodes of acute cholecystitis, which reduces the gallbladder's ability to contract, atrophy, and at the same time, the gallbladder's function of concentrating and storing bile fluid gradually disappears, reducing the capacity of the gallbladder. expulsion of bile into the gastrointestinal tract.
Gallstones, chronic cholecystitis should be operated as soon as possible, to avoid the risk of biliary tract infections, drift stones and common bile ducts causing biliary obstruction, or cases of biliary peritonitis due to Gallbladder stones stuck in the neck. Therefore, you should take her to see a doctor for proper advice and evaluation.
If you still have questions about gallbladder stones, whether chronic cholecystitis should be operated on, you can go to a hospital under Vinmec Health System for further examination and advice. Thank you for trusting and sending questions to Vinmec. Wishing you lots of health.
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Answered by Resident Doctor Le Thanh Tuan - Gastroenterologist - General Surgery Department, Vinmec Nha Trang International General Hospital.
