Free practice question 9 of 20 · HPB
An original single best answer question in the style of the FRCS (Gen Surg) Section 1 paper, with the answer and a referenced explanation. Pick an answer to reveal it, then rate how sure you were.
A fit 46-year-old woman has had right upper quadrant pain for two days. Temperature is 38.1 °C, WCC 14 × 10⁹/L and CRP 120 mg/L, with normal liver function tests. Ultrasound shows a thick-walled gallbladder containing stones, pericholecystic fluid and a 4 mm common bile duct.
Which plan is most appropriate?
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