TY  - JOUR
T1  - CHolecystotomy versus cholecystectomy
AU  - FALLON LF
Y1  - 1929/04/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.1929.01140130349021
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 1259
EP  - 1262
VL  - 18
IS  - 4
N2  - The general practitioner who also performs operations is likely to develop a different attitude toward his cases, perhaps because his errors of judgment are always with him. It is customary for the specialistsurgeon to return the patient to the care of his regular physician when the operative convalescence is complete. If the operation is not completely successful or if there is recurrence of the trouble, it is thus the general physician who frequently shoulders the worry and discouragement. When a single person shoulders both jobs, that of the surgeon and that of the practitioner, it is certain that the patient will know whom to blame.Cholelithiasis is a condition in which operation not infrequently proves disappointing. Fortunately, this experience seems to be decreasing, and this decrease probably is in relation to the growing tendency to practice removal of the gallbladder. It is because of the disappointments in my own practice
SN  - 0272-5533
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1929.01140130349021
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1929.01140130349021
ER  -