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    How Common Are Gallstones?



    At least 20 million people in the United States have Reference gallstones Opens New Window. And about 700,000 surgeries are done to remove the gallbladder each year.Reference 1

    More women than men develop gallstones. People who are obese are more likely to develop gallstones than people who are not overweight.

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    1. Glasgow RE, Mulvihill SJ (2010). Treatment of gallstone disease. In M Feldman et al., eds., Sleisenger and Fordtran’s Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 9th ed., vol. 1, pp. 1121–1138. Philadelphia: Saunders.

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    By: Reference Healthwise Staff Last Revised: July 15, 2011
    Medical Review: Reference E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
    Reference Arvydas D. Vanagunas, MD - Gastroenterology


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