Table 5.

Histopathological diagnoses after cholecystectomy for presumed benign gallbladder diseases

			Total (n=)	Indication for HPEa (n=)	No indication for HPEa (n=)
Histopathological diagnosis		Normal gallbladder	n (% of ‘Total’)	n	n
		Acute inflammation	n (% of ‘Total’)	n	n
		Chronic inflammation and reactive changes	n (% of ‘Total’)	n	n
	Gallbladder neoplasms	Adenoma	n (% of ‘Total’)	n	n
		Biliary intraepithelial neoplasm	n (% of ‘Total’)	n	n
		Carcinoma	n (% of ‘Total’)	n	n
		Other malignant neoplasms	n (% of ‘Total’)	nb	nc
	Non-neoplastic aberrant findings	Cholesterol polyp	n (% of ‘Total’)	n	n
		Inflammatory/hyperplastic polyp	n (% of ‘Total’)	n	n
		Adenomyomatosis	n (% of ‘Total’)	n	n
		Other	n (% of ‘Total’)	n	n

a. According to the operating surgeon or surgical resident.

b. Details on histology.

c. Details on histology.

HPE, histopathological examination.