Nutritional Support After Cholecystectomy

Abstract

Cholecystectomy for gallstone is one of the most frequently performed abdominal operations because of the large diffusion of the gallstone disease in the western population and for the adoption in the last 25 years of the laparoscopic cholecystectomy technique instead of the open surgery [1]. In fact, the minimal invasiveness of the laparoscopic procedure has extended the indication for gallbladder removal even if the international guidelines discourage the operation in cases of asymptomatic gallstones accidentally discovered during an abdominal ultrasound.