Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is commonly performed, and several factors increase the

Readmissions and complications following cholecystectomy are common and associated with patient and disease characteristics.

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Emergency cholecystectomy is less costly and more effective than delayed cholecystectomy. This approach is likely to be beneficial to patients in terms of improved health outcomes and to the healthcare provider owing to the reduced costs.

Patients with similar characteristics presenting to different hospitals with acute gallbladder pathology do not receive comparable care.

We present the case of a 59-year-old female who was found to have recurrent urinary sepsis as a result of spiral tacks in the bladder and an innovative method for their removal.

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The list of the CholeS management group, Collaborators and Data Validators were omitted from the Acknowledgments.