title: Gallstones: role of surgery.
authors: Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital 02114.
authors: R A
authors: RA
authors: Malt
mesh_terms: D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications; D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000150:complications; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications; D002767:Cholecystostomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D003085:Colic / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012008:Recurrence