Acalculous Cholecystopathy: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

biliary dyskinesia, acalculous cholecystitis, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, sphincter of Oddi dysfunction

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Alan BR Thomson, MD, MSc, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine
Alan BR Thomson, MD, MSc, PhD is a member of the following medical societies: American Federation for Aging Research, American Federation for Clinical Research, American Gastroenterological Association, American Geriatrics Society, American Physiological Society, Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology Research Group, New York Academy of Sciences, and Royal Society of Medicine
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Walter E Pofahl, MD, Chief, Division of General Surgery, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Walter E Pofahl, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, Association for Academic Surgery, Association for Surgical Education, Medical Association of the State of Alabama, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, and Southeastern Surgical Congress
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Jack A Di Palma, MD, Director, Division of Gastroenterology, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Alabama College of Medicine
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John Geibel, MD, DSc, MA, Vice Chairman, Professor, Department of Surgery, Section of Gastrointestinal Medicine and Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine; Director of Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, Yale-New Haven Hospital
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