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Review
. 2024 Dec;104(6):1217-1227.
doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2024.03.009. Epub 2024 Apr 23.

Management of the Difficult Gallbladder

Jason Murry  1 , Hugh Babineau  2
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Review

Management of the Difficult Gallbladder

Jason Murry et al. Surg Clin North Am. 2024 Dec.

Abstract

Cholecystectomies are very common in general surgery practice. A small percentage of these will present with factors that pose operative difficulty. The surgeon should have a high index of suspicion based on preoperative factors of patients that may present an operative challenge and have necessary equipment available and the surgical skill to provide the best surgical outcome for the patient if a total cholecystectomy is unable to be performed.

Keywords: Cholecystectomy; Cholecystitis; Cholecystostomy; Partial cholecystectomy.

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