Read the Following Excerpt from a Health Record: on Hospital

question 50

Multiple Choice

Read the following excerpt from a health record: On hospital day 2, Mrs. Collach was taken to the OR for laparoscopic choledocholithectomy and cholecystectomy. She tolerated the procedure well. She began a postoperative refeeding plan with a low-protein, low-fat diet. She tolerated advancing the diet, and 2 days after her surgery, her pain had improved enough that she was discharged home.
Why was Mrs. Collach taken to the operating room?

• A) Mrs. Collach was taken to the operating room to create an opening between her bile vessels and her stomach.
• B) Mrs. Collach was taken to the operating room to crush her gallstones and then remove them.
• C) Mrs. Collach was taken to the operating room to have her gallstones removed and then reconstruct her gallbladder.
• D) Mrs. Collach was taken to the operating room to have her gallbladder and gallstones removed.
• E) Mrs. Collach was taken to the operating room to remove a portion of her colon through an incision in her abdomen.

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