Early Cholecystectomy Safely Decreases Hospital Stay in Patients With Mild Gallstone Pancreatitis

Abstract

In mild gallstone pancreatitis, laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed within 48 hours of admission, regardless of the resolution of abdominal pain or laboratory abnormalities, results in a shorter hospital length of stay with no apparent impact on the technical difficulty of the procedure or perioperative complication rate.