The Project Tycho database aims are to advance the availability and use of public health data for science and policy. The site provides open access to newly digitized U.S. weekly surveillance data for contagious diseases from 1888 to the present for use in research, education, and policy making.
1 Surgery to remove the gallbladder (cholecystectomy). 2  Your doctor may recommend surgery to remove your gallbladder, since gallstones frequently recur. 3  Once your gallbladder is removed, bile flows directly from your liver into your small intestine, rather than being stored in your gallbladder. Your doctor may recommend surgery to remove your gallbladder, since gallstones frequently recur. 2  Once your gallbladder is removed, bile flows directly from your liver into your small intestine, rather than being stored in your gallbladder.
But if the pain is severe or if you have had gallbladder pain before, you may need to have your gallbladder removed. Depending on where a stone blocks the flow of bile, symptoms can include nausea, vomiting, fever, and severe abdominal pain that lasts longer than 6 hours.If you have these symptoms, you may need surgery to remove your gallbladder or the gallstone causing the blockage.In rare cases, gallstones can cause pancreatitis, an inflammation of the pancreas.Gallstones back up the flow of digestive enzymes made by the pancreas.allstones that cause symptoms. The most common problem caused by gallstones occurs when a gallstone periodically blocks the cystic duct, which drains the gallbladder. It often causes bouts of pain that come and go as the gallbladder contracts and expands.