Laparoscopic cholecystectomy appears to have resulted in the earlier discovery of gallbladder cancer in some patients, resulting in increased probability of survival. Patients discovered with gallbladder carcinoma during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy do not have to be converted immediately to an open resection and should be referred to a tertiary care center for further exploration. Adjunctive radical surgical resection, either at the time of cholecystectomy or subsequently, increases survival significantly in early stage disease.
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