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Module Summary

Consultant gastrointestinal surgeon Mr Richard Hardwick on the different presentations of gallstones, distinguishing gallstones from gastritis and defining post-cholecystectomy syndrome

Learning Objectives: 

This module will bring you the latest on managing presentations of gallstones, including:

  • What causes them
  • Differences in presentation
  • When to urgently admit a patients
  • Managing gallstones in children
Author: Mr Richard Hardwick is a consultant upper gastrointestinal surgeon at the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital. He is president of the Association of Upper GI Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland

Date module published: April 2018

Module reviewed and updated: April 2023

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Reviews

  • Excellent summary, made a lot of sense. Thanks!

  • Clear, informative module

  • complication of gall stones

  • good