“…6,7 Consequently, a cholecystectomy is traditionally performed after an initial presentation with acute cholecystitis, 8 with laparoscopic cholecystectomy as the gold standard for the surgical treatment of symptomatic cholelithiasis. 9,10 In recent years, it has been debated whether cholecystectomy should be performed during the initial hospital admission (early cholecystectomy) or more than 6 weeks after the onset of symptoms (delayed cholecystectomy). Several recent studies have shown a shorter length of hospital stay in the early group.…”