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Although gallstones and their complications account for most cholecystectomies, a consistent 15% of these operations are performed in patients without gallstones. In these patients, the majority of cholecystectomies are performed as treatment for 1 of 2 distinct clinical syndromes: acalculous…
Evaluating any patient with a complaint of abdominal pain is challenging. Abdominal pain can be benign and self-limited or a harbinger of a serious life-threatening disease (see Chapter 11 ). Chronic abdominal pain poses a particularly challenging clinical problem. Not…