This site has been designed to give information about gallstones, the symptoms they cause and their treatment. Although most gallstones do not cause any symptoms, those which do should be removed. Mr. David Lloyd, MD, FRCS is a specialist surgeon, specialising in keyhole surgery and particularly in the keyhole removal of the gallbladder - a procedure known as a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. He has extensive experience in liver, bile duct and gall bladder surgery and has performed more than 1000 laparoscopic cholecystectomies.