Are new treatment methods of gallbladder stones the death-knell for gallstone surgery?

Keyphrases

• Abdominal Surgery 20%
• Anesthesia 40%
• Asymptomatic Gallstones 20%
• Biliary Anatomy 20%
• Biliary Disease 20%
• Cholecystectomy 60%
• Cholecystolithotomy 20%
• Cholelithiasis 20%
• Common Bile Duct Injury 20%
• Diabetic 20%
• Elective Treatment 20%
• Gallbladder 40%
• Gallbladder Stones 100%
• Gallstones 100%
• General Anesthetics 20%
• In Situ 20%
• Incidental 20%
• Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy 40%
• Lithogenic Bile 20%
• Lithotripsy 20%
• New Therapeutics 20%
• New Treatment Options 100%
• Nonoperative Treatment 20%
• Normal Function 20%
• Open Cholecystectomy 20%
• Patient Selection 20%
• Patient-physician 20%
• Porcelain Gallbladder 20%
• Recent Advances 20%
• Referring Physician 20%
• Therapeutic Era 20%

Medicine and Dentistry

• Anatomy 16%
• Anesthetic Agent 16%
• Bile 16%
• Bile Duct Injury 16%
• Cholecystectomy 66%
• Cholelithiasis 100%
• Common Bile Duct 16%
• Conservative Treatment 16%
• Digestive System Surgery 16%
• Disease 16%
• Gallstone 100%
• Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy 33%
• Lithotripsy 16%
• Recurrent Disease 16%