The best treatment for calculous cholecystitis usually involves a combination of medical management and surgical intervention.
Medical management includes:
• hospitalization and fasting to rest the gallbladder
• intravenous fluids to maintain hydration
• pain management with analgesics
• antibiotics to treat any infection
Cholecystectomy (removal of the gallbladder) is the definitive surgical treatment. Doctors can perform this laparoscopically (minimally invasive surgery) in most cases or as open surgery in more complicated cases.