Let’s talk benign biliary diseases—Join general surgery resident Dr. Usman Panni for a discussion with expert transplant and biliary surgeon Dr. Adeel Khan. This episode of the Washington Manual of Surgery Podcast will focus on benign biliary diseases, including cholelithiasis and acute cholecystitis, and serves as a companion to Chapter 18 of the 9th edition of the bestselling Washington Manual of Surgery. 

In this episode of the Washington Manual of Surgery podcast, Dr. Adeel Khan provides comprehensive insights into diagnosing and treating biliary diseases. Topics include evaluation and diagnosis of cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, and simple and complex cholecystectomy. 

Show notes:

• HIDA scan: "hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid" scan is a nuclear imaging procedure used to evaluate gallbladder function, bile production, and flow.
• Tokyo Guidelines: Yokoe M, Hata J, Takada T, et al. Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis (with videos). J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2018;25(1):41-54.
• SAGES Safe Cholecystectomy Guidelines: https://www.sages.org/safe-cholecystectomy-program/

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