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August 28, 2024
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Restrictive selection may avoid unnecessary cholecystectomy for abdominal pain, gallstones

Although a restrictive strategy for cholecystectomy reduced the operation rate by 8.3% at 5 years vs. usual care for patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis, the proportion of patients who were pain free did not differ between groups.