Abstract
The data for this study were derived from 346 uncomplicated cases of non-calculous chronic cholecystitis. The physiology of the gall-bladder in its modern conception and the principles of cholecystography have been reviewed. Surgery of the gall-bladder began as early as 1618, when Fabricius Hildanus removed gallstones from a living patient. In 1909, Moynihan called attention to the type of gall-bladder disease now known as the strawberry gall-bladder. Stanton, in 1911, made a study of the results in stoneless gall-bladder disease. Cholecystectomy has been accepted as the operation of choice in this type of gall-bladder disease. The question as to when the gall-bladder should be removed is unsettled. Latest classification of pathology in this disease has been discussed.
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