In this large cohort of patients who underwent cholecystectomy after a bout of pancreatitis, those that were most likely to have recurrent pancreatitis were those with normal LFTs and no gallbladder sludge / stone, indicating the cholecystectomy was probably not warranted. These patients should not routinely have a cholecystectomy after pancreatitis, but those with one or the other (or both) may be reasonable to refer (abstract)
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