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What is your approach to persistent dyspepsia during the first few days post-op after a cholecystectomy?

How do you distinguish a surgical complication from an expected post-operative course? If the latter, how do you counsel/reassure patients?
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Hospital Medicine · University of Chicago
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In the first few days after cholecystectomy, I start by asking whether this is isolated dyspepsia or whether there are other features suggesting a postoperative complication. Mild nausea, early satiety, bloating, reflux, indigestion, and some abdominal discomfort can be part of the normal early reco...

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