What Is Acute Cholecystitis?
8. What Are the Treatment Options?
The type of treatment your doctor recommends depends on the severity of your condition as well as its underlying cause. Usually, initial treatments involve pain relief measures, antibiotics if an infection is present, and intravenous fluids to prevent or treat dehydration. If the condition is mild, treatment may not require a hospital stay.
In severe cases of cholecystitis, hospitalization and surgery may be required. Surgical removal of the gallbladder can be done in two ways: laparoscopic cholecystectomy, in which the gallbladder is removed through a small abdominal incision, or open cholecystectomy, where the gallbladder is removed through a large incision made in the abdomen. In cases where surgery is not an option because the risks are too great, a doctor may drain the gallbladder through endoscopic ultrasound-guided transmural cholecystostomy.
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