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Cholecystitis, Cholelithiasis, and Cholecystectomy in Cirrhotic Patients

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The prevalence of the disease of the gallbladder is increased in cirrhotic patients. This fact further complicates an already morbid disease. Pathogenesis, patient assessment and work-up, as well as operative and nonoperative intervention for biliary disease in cirrhotic patients are examined below.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Kenneth D. Chavin MD, PhD & Arun P. Palanisamy PhD

  2. Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, CSB409, USA

    Gabriel R. Chedister MD & Vinayak S. Rohan MD

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  1. Transplantation Center, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Bijan Eghtesad

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    John Fung

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Chavin, K.D., Chedister, G.R., Rohan, V.S., Palanisamy, A.P. (2017). Cholecystitis, Cholelithiasis, and Cholecystectomy in Cirrhotic Patients. In: Eghtesad, B., Fung, J. (eds) Surgical Procedures on the Cirrhotic Patient. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52396-5_10

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