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If it were true that doctors actually help people by removing symptomatic gallstones, then the medical business would be actively trying to eradicate the “gallstone plague” upon our society by setting up X-ray booths and surgical units on every street corner across the country. This action would cause well-deserved criticism, because the scientific research clearly and consistently shows that your risk of death and disability is much greater if you take a course of immediate surgery upon discovery of gallstones, rather than “watchful waiting”, until some symptoms develop. Patient surveys taken 2 to 24 months after both open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy indicate that 40-50% of patients have one or two symptoms that continue, such as abdominal discomfort from excess bowel gas or dull pain, although 80-90% regard the operation as highly successful. This is the reason why cancer of the right side of the colon is more common in people who have had their gallbladders removed.
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