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Alternatives to surgery

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Alternatives to surgery, depending on the indications for cholecystectomy, include:

  • ERCP, but only for stones in the bile duct
  • stone dissolution by drugs
  • contact dissolution } both
  • shock wave lithotripsy } rarely used

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