Chronically Symptomatic Patients with Undetectable Gall Bladder on Ultrasonography Could Benefit from Early Cholecystectomy

Table 1

Categorisation of patients on the basis of pre-op sonographic findings.

Abdominal sonographic findings	Number
Cholelithiasis ± signs of cholecystitis	46
Nonvisible gallbladder	3
Thick-walled gallbladder (no stones seen)	2
Sclerotroaphic gallbladder	1
Pericystic oedema	1
Choledochal diverticulum	1