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Postcholecystectomy

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After a cholecystectomy, a patient may complain of pain originating in the epigastric or right upper quadrant. It is important to work up the etiology of the pain if there is a biloma, retained stone, or sphincter dysfunction. Treatment will vary depending on the etiology.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, USA

    Chanak J. Chantachote

  2. Department of General Surgery, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, USA

    Samer Sbayi

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  1. Department of Surgery, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, USA

    Salvatore Docimo Jr.

  2. Department of Surgery, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA

    Eric M. Pauli

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Chantachote, C.J., Sbayi, S. (2019). Postcholecystectomy. In: Docimo Jr., S., Pauli, E. (eds) Clinical Algorithms in General Surgery . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98497-1_86

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