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Cholecystectomy without Operative Cholangiography in a District Hospital

Devanand Puthu, Ashutosh Chitnis

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Thirty-seven patients underwent cholecystectomy without intraoperative cholangiography. Patients were selected using clinical and investigatory parameters. One patient had a negative common bile duct exploration. During the follow-up period of 2 1/2-3 1/2 years, all patients remained symptomatically and sonologically free of stones.

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Thirty-seven patients underwent cholecystectomy without intraoperative cholangiography. Patients were selected using clinical and investigatory parameters. One patient had a negative common bile duct exploration. During the follow-up period of 2 1/2-3 1/2 years, all patients remained symptomatically and sonologically free of stones.

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Thirty-seven patients underwent cholecystectomy without intraoperative cholangiography. Patients were selected using clinical and investigatory parameters. One patient had a negative common bile duct exploration. During the follow-up period of 2 1/2-3 1/2 years, all patients remained symptomatically and sonologically free of stones.

Key concepts: Medicine, Cholecystectomy, Cholangiography, General surgery, Surgery, Common bile duct, Common Duct, Biliary tract

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