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Editorial
. 2021 Apr;10(2):249-253.
doi: 10.21037/hbsn-20-771.

Gallbladder volvulus

Laureline Moser  1 , Gaëtan-Romain Joliat  2 , Parissa Tabrizian  3 , Luca Di Mare  1 , David Petermann  1 , Nermin Halkic  2 , Nicolas Demartines  2 , Ismail Labgaa  1   2
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Editorial

Gallbladder volvulus

Laureline Moser et al. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2021 Apr.
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Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/hbsn-20-771). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Gallbladder volvulus. (A) Normal gallbladder. (B) Anatomical variant of a gallbladder (“freely hanging”) rotating on its own axis and thereby resulting in a gallbladder volvulus.
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