About 700,000 people in the United States need surgery for
gallstones each year.1 In the
United States, about 10% of people older than 40 have gallstones.2
More women than men develop gallstones. People who are obese are more
likely to develop gallstones than people who are not overweight.
Citations
Glasgow RE, Mulvihill SJ (2006). Treatment of
gallstone disease. In M Feldman et al., eds., Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 8th ed., vol. 1, pp.
1419-1442. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
Persley KM, Jain R (2005). Gallstones and biliary
tract disease. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., ACP Medicine, section 4, chap. 6. New York: WebMD.
Glasgow RE, Mulvihill SJ (2006). Treatment of
gallstone disease. In M Feldman et al., eds., Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 8th ed., vol. 1, pp.
1419-1442. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
Persley KM, Jain R (2005). Gallstones and biliary
tract disease. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., ACP Medicine, section 4, chap. 6. New York: WebMD.
