Introduction

Postcholecystectomy syndrome, after removal of gall bladder, usually manifested by the presence of abdominal symptoms. The symptoms occurs within months in majority of patient and months to year in few patient in upto 15% of patients, postcholecystectomy syndrome is seen. The most frequent symptoms are pain abdomen jaundice or dyspepsia but few patients may have nonspecific syndrome. These patients are initially assessed by transabdominal ultrasound (TUS) or computed tomographoy, endoscopy followed by endoscopic retrograde chelongio-pancreatography (ERCP).

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