In this video, Dr. Banu Priya N, Consultant – General Surgery at Manipal Hospital Malleshwaram, explains that gallbladder stones commonly occur in obese women and older adults due to bile concentration or organ dysfunction. Since these stones can’t be dissolved or fragmented like kidney stones, cholecystectomy (surgical removal of the gallbladder) remains the only definitive treatment. She emphasizes the laparoscopic approach, a minimally invasive daycare procedure with smaller incisions, reduce