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Preoperative Imaging in Patients Undergoing Cholecystectomy

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Cholecystectomy is one of the most commonly performed operations worldwide. Gallstone pathology with its different variants remains the most common underlying etiology leading to such surgery. With a continuous commitment to lessening the perioperative complications from laparoscopic cholecystectomy, experts have committed to the improvement of the perioperative care from every aspect. The accuracy of preoperative diagnosis has proven to play a vital role, hence, the role of imaging studies in delineating the underlying anatomy and the severity of the biliary pathology. Imaging modalities have evolved over the past years, and such technology has played a vital role in the precision of the preoperative diagnosis. Knowing in advance what would be encountered during the surgery would prepare surgeons to conduct a safer operation. Furthermore, knowing in advance about anatomical variation could prove to be of critical importance for surgery and consequently for patient safety.

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  1. Division of GI/Minimally Invasive Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

    Sofiane El Djouzi

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  1. Chief of HPB - Miami Cancer Institute, Miami, FL, USA

    Horacio J. Asbun

  2. Assistant Professor of Surgery, Winship Cancer Institute, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Mihir M. Shah

  3. Associate Professor of Surgery, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Eugene P. Ceppa

  4. Department of Surgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    Edward D. Auyang

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El Djouzi, S. (2020). Preoperative Imaging in Patients Undergoing Cholecystectomy. In: Asbun, H., Shah, M., Ceppa, E., Auyang, E. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Biliary Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13276-7_5

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