Should We Perform Routine Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Before Cholecystectomy?
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Diagnostic Value of Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Prior to Cholecystectomy
Gallstone disease remains one of the most common medical problems leading to surgical in‐ tervention. It occurs in up to 20% of men and 35% of women in Western societies [1, 2]. Ev‐ ery year, more than 500,000 cholecystectomies are performed in the US [3]. The resultant direct and indirect cost of gallbladder disease represents a consumption of ~$6.2 billion an‐ nually in the U.S., constituting...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Surgery
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0020-8868,2520-2456
DOI: 10.9738/intsurg-d-15-00110.1