A patient who has had his fifth attack of gallstones is encouraged to have a cholecystectomy to prevent the threat of:
a. further attacks.
b. nutritional compromise.
c. cancer of the gallbladder.
d. hepatitis.
C
Repeated gallstone attacks with their attendant gallbladder inflammation can lead to cancer of the gallbladder.
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