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Question: why use antibacterials for choledocholithiasis treatment?
Answer: Choledocholithiasis, simply means gallstone in bile ducts. Due to obstuction of bile duct, it will be soonly complicated by inflammation and ascending infection (acute cholangitis). Acute cholangitis is a medical emergency requiring prompt broad-spectrum antibacterials treatment and decompression either endoscopically (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatiogram ERCP) or surgically. Without prompt intravenous broad-spectrum antibacterials, patients will developed sepsis, shock, and even death!
