Ask the Doctors
Dear Doctor: Our granddad is 86 and wound up in the ER with extreme abdominal pain, which turned out to be gallstones. The doctors say he should have his gallbladder removed. Why? Isn’t that a big operation just to take care of gallstones?
Dear Reader: The gallbladder is a small, pearshaped pouch that sits on the right side of the abdomen, just beneath the liver. It’s part of the b…
