A 43-year-old with mild gallstone pancreatitis improves clinically within 24 hours. What is the recommended timing of cholecystectomy?...

Question

A 43-year-old with mild gallstone pancreatitis improves clinically within 24 hours. What is the recommended timing of cholecystectomy?

Accepted Answer

Perform laparoscopic cholecystectomy during the index hospitalization before discharge

Answer

Delay surgery for 6 weeks to allow inflammation to subside

Answer

No cholecystectomy is needed after a first episode

Answer

Schedule elective cholecystectomy in 3 months

Answer

ERCP with sphincterotomy alone without cholecystectomy

us-abim MCQ (SBA): Acute Pancreatitis-Gallstone