Society guideline links: Gallstones

Introduction — 

This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

The recommendations in the following guidelines may vary from those that appear in UpToDate topic reviews. Readers who are looking for UpToDate topic reviews should use the UpToDate search box to find the relevant content.

Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Cholecystitis and other gallbladder disorders" and "Society guideline links: Gallbladder surgery".)

United States

●Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES): Guidelines for the use of laparoscopy during pregnancy (2024)

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on right upper quadrant pain (2022)

●American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE): Guideline on the role of endoscopy in the evaluation and management of choledocholithiasis (2019)

●ASGE: Guideline on the role of endoscopy in the management of choledocholithiasis (2011)

●SAGES: Guidelines for the clinical application of laparoscopic biliary tract surgery (2010)

Europe

●European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE): Guideline for the endoscopic management of common bile duct stones (2019)

●European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL): Clinical practice guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of gallstones (2016)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Interventional procedures guidance on electrohydraulic lithotripsy for difficult-to-treat bile duct stones (2021)

●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on laser lithotripsy for difficult-to-treat bile duct stones (2021)

●British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG): Updated guideline on the management of common bile duct stones (CBDS) (2017)

●Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (AUGIS) and Royal College of Surgeons (RCS): Commissioning guide – Gallstone disease (2013, updated 2016)

●NICE: Quality standard on gallstone disease (2015)

●NICE: Clinical guideline on gallstone disease – Diagnosis and management (2014)

●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (2014)

Japan

●[In English] Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE): Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for cholelithiasis, 2021 (published 2023)

●[In Japanese] JSGE: Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for cholelithiasis, 3rd edition (2021)