5-Minute Clinical Consult : Cholelithiasis

Cholelithiasis

Prognosis

<1/2 of patients with gallstones become symptomatic.
Cholecystectomy: Mortality <0.5% elective, 3–5% emergency; morbidity <10% elective, 30–40% emergency
~10–15% of the patients will have associated choledocholithiasis.
After cholecystectomy, stones may recur in the bile duct.

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