A 45 year old female presents with a complaint of ...

10-15% of the adult population in Europe and the USA has gallstones with 1-4% becoming symptomatic annually. 1,2 Acute calculous cholecystitis is the second most common complication (36%) of gallstone-related disease, treated predominantly by cholecystectomy.3 Same-admission cholecystectomy is inherently beneficial to the patient by virtue of being definitive management. ................
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