Table 3.

Modern case-series of patients treated with remnant gallbladder

Reference	Time span of study	Number of patients	Mean age in years (range)	Initial surgical procedure	Presentation of remnant gallbladder	Average years from initial surgery to secondary intervention (range)	Diagnostic modalities	Treatment
Walsh R et al. 2002*13	1/1994–12/2000	7	50 (35–70)	Open cholecystectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy	Recurrent biliary symptoms, jaundice, pancreatitis	9.5 (1.2–20)	ERCP, MRCP	Open cholecystectomy, extracorporeal shockwave therapy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, endoscopic biliary holmium laser lithotripsy
Tantia O et al. 2008 18	1/2001–12/2006	7	52.6 (22–70)	Open cholecystectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy	Recurrent biliary symptoms	12.9 (1–40)	US, ERCP, MRCP	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Demetriades H et al. 2008 17	11/2000–10/2003	3	55.3 (52–58)	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy	Recurrent biliary symptoms, jaundice	2.94 (0.3–5)	US, CT, ERCP, MRCP	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Chowbey P et al. 2010 16	1/1998–12/2007	3	51 (32–67)	Open partial cholecystectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy	Recurrent biliary symptoms, jaundice	4.1 (0.5–12)	US, ERCP, MRCP, EUS	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Jayant M et al. 2013 19	-	7	43.4 (29–70)	Open partial cholecystectomy	Recurrent biliary symptoms, jaundice, biliary pancreatitis, acute cholecystitis	5.2 (1–12)	US, CT, MRCP	Cholecystectomy, ERCP
Zhu J et al. 2015* 20	1/2010–9/2013	11	62 (33–83)	Open cholecystectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy	Recurrent biliary symptoms, jaundice	13 (4–23)	CT, MRCP	Open cholecystectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Current series	1/2002–12/2016	31	50 (21–81)	Open cholecystectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, partial cholecystectomy	Recurrent biliary symptoms, jaundice, pancreatitis, acute cholecystitis, cholangitis	6.3 (0.1–42)	US, ERCP, MRCP, EUS, esophageal manometry, HIDA, gastric emptying study	Open cholecystectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, ERCP