Management of the Difficult Gallbladder.

Cholecystectomies are very common in general surgery practice. A small percentage of these will present with factors that pose operative difficulty. The surgeon should have a high index of suspicion based on preoperative factors of patients that may present an operative challenge and have necessary equipment available and the surgical skill to provide the best surgical outcome for the patient if a total cholecystectomy is unable to be performed.
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