Mayo Clinic Minute – What are gallstones?

Gallstones are hardened deposits of digestive fluid, referred to as bile, in your gallbladder. They vary in measurement from as small as a grain of sand to as massive as a golf ball.

Dr. Irving Jorge, a Mayo Clinic normal surgeon, says individuals who expertise ache and different signs from gallstones often require gallbladder elimination surgical procedure.
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