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Cholecystitis

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Pediatric cholecystitis is increasing in incidence, perhaps partly due to an increase in obesity rates. Focused history and physical examination, along with ultrasound and blood tests, are used to identify most surgical candidates requiring cholecystectomy. Pediatric laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a safe and typically straightforward operation requiring a limited hospital stay. Teamwork with pediatric specialists is imperative in the treatment of children with complicated cholecystitis or chronic hemolytic disease.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, 208062, 333 Cedar Street, FMB 131, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA

    John J. Tackett MD & Robert A. Cowles MD

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Correspondence to Robert A. Cowles MD .

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  1. Department of General Surgery, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Peter Mattei

  2. Division of Pediatric Surgery Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Peter F. Nichol

  3. Primary Children’s Hospital Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

    Michael D. Rollins, II

  4. Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

    Christopher S. Muratore

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Tackett, J.J., Cowles, R.A. (2017). Cholecystitis. In: Mattei, P., Nichol, P., Rollins, II, M., Muratore, C. (eds) Fundamentals of Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27443-0_80

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