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The presence of gallstones is quite common in the Western World and increases with age and gender, being more present in women. It is estimated that each year, up to 5% of gallstones carriers become symptomatic and present with either a biliary colic, acute cholecystitis and less common with acute cholangitis or pancreatitis. Management requires accurate diagnosis and if symptomatic a plan to remove the gallbladder at an appropriate time. Alternatives to cholesyectomy include percutaneous cholecystostomy and sub total cholecystectomy.
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Beenen, E. (2021). Gallstone Disease. In: Piscioneri, F., Kluger, Y., Ansaloni, L. (eds) Emergency Surgery for Low Resource Regions. Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68099-2_10
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