Common symptoms of a gallstone usually include severe abdominal pain, exhaustion, dyspepsia, and nausea. In some cases, however, a gallstone can be asymptomatic. How is it diagnosed? And, how is it treated?
In our latest interview, Professor Khurshid Akhtar, leading consultant general and upper GI (gastrointestinal) surgeon in Manchester and Wilmslow, answers these questions and details what patients can expect during, and after, treatment.
00:00 Introduction
00:45 What are the different types of gallstones?
01:26 What are the symptoms of gallstones?
03:48 How can a gallstone be diagnosed?
05:39 How can a gallstone be treated? Is there a non-surgical one?
08:17 What happens during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy?
09:58 What is the recovery like after the surgery?
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