Comment on “Surgically Resected Gall Bladder: Is Histopathology Needed for All?”

Abstract EN

I read with interest the manuscript by Talreja and colleagues [1] that questions the need for routine histopathological examination of the “apparently normal” gall bladder following cholecystectomy based on their retrospective examination of their data in which 11 patients (with gall bladder cancer) out of 964 (patients who underwent a cholecystectomy during the study period) had either preoperative imaging or intraoperatively visible gross features of wall thickening.

This study is not the first [2] and it will certainly not be the last to raise this contentious issue.