Ludwig Courvoisier was a surgeon in Europe in the 19th Century. He developed the cholecystectomy and did much work with the biliary tract. His work is recognized by the naming of the palpable, non-tender gallbladder as the Courvoisier gallbladder and Courvoisier’s Law, which related to jaundice and the biliary tree. He is a pioneer in the field of general surgery ay and made great advances in both hepatobiliary surgical technique and important contributions towards our understanding of the hepatobiliary pathophysiology.

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