There are many ways to treat gallstones, and currently there are two main methods of gallstone treatment, one is surgical treatment. The other is non-surgical treatment, that is, to take Chinese and Western medicine symptomatic treatment, Chinese medicine drug treatment and other therapies. The two therapies have their own advantages and disadvantages.

The surgical treatment of gallstones can be divided into general surgery and minimally invasive surgery.

1. General surgical treatment

For some relatively large, the drug does not work for the stone can be directly through the surgery to remove the gallbladder, can quickly eradicate the lesions, is currently the best way. However, there are certain indications for surgery.

2. Minimally invasive surgery

Cutting three small incisions of 2 to 3 centimeters in the abdomen is the only way to do it, which is simple, minimally invasive and quick to recover. However, minimally invasive surgery is difficult to remove the tiny stones, and can also induce stones.