“…Thus, the true rate of recurrent symptoms may have even been higher if less severe symptoms not requiring hospitalization had been captured as well. While some authors have suggested that subsequent elective cholecystectomy may not be required due to low rates of recurrence [5,6,10,23,26], this study lends support to the practice of routine interval cholecystectomy as suggested by others [3,17,27]. These patients represent a high-risk population because of advanced age and/or significant medical comorbidities, and further episodes of biliary sepsis can also carry similarly high mortality rates [17].…”