Gallstones

Management of cholelithiasis.

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MSt MRCGP (General Practitioner)

Last reviewed: 21 October 2025

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Clinical Guidelines

CKS: Gallstones

EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of gallstones

NICE guideline [CG188]

NICE guideline [CG188]: Gallstone disease: diagnosis and management

2020 World Society of Emergency Surgery updated guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute calculus cholecystitis

ASGE guideline on the role of endoscopy in the evaluation and management of choledocholithiasis

EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of gallstones

EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of gallstones

EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of gallstones

Guidelines for the Clinical Application of Laparoscopic Biliary Tract Surgery

NIH Consensus Conference: Gallstones and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy