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Pain pattern: port-site pain plus shoulder-tip pain from the pneumoperitoneum, worst in the first 24–48 h.
Conversion and bail-out: the operation may be converted to open or finished as a subtotal cholecystectomy if anatomy is unsafe — this is a safety decision, not a failure.
Persistent symptoms: upper abdominal pain persists in up to a third of patients in some series; bowel habit changes are common. Patients with atypical symptoms need this spelled out.
Diet: no special diet is required afterwards (see the diet evidence).

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