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Is emergency surgery for gallstones cause death?
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Gallbladder surger: For gallbladder removal the following applies. "The death rate in 9339 patients who had cholecystectomy alone was 0.3% " REF: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8443723/#:~:text=The%20death%20rate%20in%209339,complications%20were%20the%20most%20common.
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