title: Cholecystectomy without operative cholangiography in a district hospital.
abstract: Thirty-seven patients underwent cholecystectomy without intraoperative cholangiography. Patients were selected using clinical and investigatory parameters. One patient had a negative common bile duct exploration. During the follow-up period of 2 1/2-3 1/2 years, all patients remained symptomatically and sonologically free of stones.
authors.affiliation: King Faisal Hospital, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Puthu
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Chitnis
mesh_terms: D002758:Cholangiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D005260:Female; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures