title: [Is there any alternative to cholecystolithiasis surgery?].
abstract: The article summarizes the data of the national and foreign literature on methods of conservative managements of patients with cholelithiasis. The article also discloses modern points of view (indications, contra-indications, efficacy, etc.) on the application of the litholytic therapy with peroral bile acids and extracorporal shock-wave lithotripsy at cholecystolithiasis. Special attention was paid to contact chemical dissolution of stones in the gall bladder. A number of works devoted to the prevention of gallstone recurrence are generalized.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Saĭfutdinov
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Ryzhkova
mesh_terms: D041761:Cholecystolithiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy