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To provide high level of evidence that omitting perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis does not increase the postoperative infection rate, in patients with acute calculous cholecystitis undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
To assess whether cholangiography using the Kumar clamp is faster and easier than using the Olsen catheter.
To demonstrate that extended postoperative antibiotic treatment does not decrease the infectious complication rate in laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis.
Current practice variation in selection of patients with gallbladder stones and abdominal complaints for cholecystectomy is not efficient. Here we evaluate stepwise selection for surgery to improve patient outcome and to reduce the number of…