Question 294 · LEK · Surgery of the bile ducts and gallbladder
A symptomatic (documented) cholelithiasis is an indication for cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal). Elective cholecystectomy should be performed in the case of asymptomatic cholelithiasis in patients with:
- A. history of multiple abdominal surgeries.
- B. kidney failure.
- C. microcytic anaemia.
- D. arterial hypertension.
- E. diabetes mellitus.
Hint
Which comorbidity has traditionally been thought to make acute cholecystitis particularly severe and dangerous?
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