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Gallbladder disease is a common cause of hospital admissions, and its evaluation and treatment is a frequent occurrence for the acute care surgeon. Understanding gallbladder disease and gallstone sequelae will assist in the clinical management of these patients. This chapter will cover the common clinical presentations of these patients, common indications for cholecystectomy and its proper technique, and postoperative complications.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of General Surgery, Stanford University Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, CA, USA

    Laura Mazer

  2. Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Elliott Brill

  3. Department of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Elliott Brill

  4. Department of General Surgery, Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara, CA, USA

    Elliott Brill

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  1. Division of General Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    David Renton

  2. Tripler Army Medical Center Surgery, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Robert Lim

  3. Baptist Health Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA

    Alberto S. Gallo

  4. NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA

    Prashant Sinha

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Mazer, L., Brill, E. (2020). Cholecystectomy. In: Renton, D., Lim, R., Gallo, A., Sinha, P. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Acute Care Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21959-8_3

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