- female
- 35 Years
- 14/08/2025
Found multiple gallstones during pregnancy in 2015, and now my ultrasound shows the biggest one is 13 mm with cholelithiasis and chronic cholecystitis mentioned in the report. Do I need to get surgery for this?
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