The definitive treatment for cholecystitis is Question 18 options: chemical dissolution of stones. antibiotics and anti-inflammatories. lithotripsy of stones. cholecystectomy.
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An article in the British Medical Journal $\left[{ }^{*} \mathrm{Com}-\right.$ parison of Treatment of Renal Calculi by Operative Surgery, Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy, and Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy" (1986, Vol. 82, pp. 879-892)] provided the following discussion of success rates in kidney stone removals. Open surgery had a success rate of $78 \%$ ( $273 / 350$ ) while a newer method, percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PN),
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An article in the British Medical Journal ["Comparison of treatment of renal calculi by operative surgery, percutaneous nephrolithotomy, and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy" (1986, Vol. 82, pp. $879-892$ ) ] provided the following discussion of success rates in kidney stone removals. Open surgery had a success rate of $78 \%(273 / 350)$ and a newer method, percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PN), had a success rate of $83 \%(289 / 350)$. This newer method looked better, but the results changed when stone diameter was considered. For stones with diameters less than 2 centimeters, $93 \%(81 / 87)$ of cases of open surgery were successful compared with only $83 \%(234 / 270)$ of cases of PN. For stones greater than or equal to 2 centimeters, the success rates were $73 \%(192 / 263)$ and $69 \%(55 / 80)$ for open surgery and PN, respectively. Open surgery is better for both stone sizes, but less successful in total. In $1951,$ E. H. Simpson pointed out this apparent contradiction (known as Simpson's paradox), and the hazard still persists today. Explain how open surgery can be better for both stone sizes but worse in total.
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