Background: Outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy has proven both safe and feasible and is widely accepted as surgical treatment of symptomatic cholelithiasis. The aim of this study was to identify reasons for unanticipated hospital admission as well as readmission within 30 days after outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
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