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BACKGROUND: The purpose of the present study was to determine the prevalence of diabetes and its effect on surgical outcomes in patients undergoing emergent, in-patient cholecystectomy for acute chole...
Mass-forming Xanthogranulomatous Cholecystitis Masquerading as Gallbladder Cancer.
BACKGROUND: Mass-forming xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC), an uncommon inflammatory pathology of gallbladder (GB), masquerades as gallbladder cancer (GBC) and diagnosis is often a histological...
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: The Japanese clinical guidelines for treating acute cholecystitis (AC), proposed in 2005, provide criteria not only for diagnosis, but also for management depending on the severity...
BACKGROUND: Improvements in percutaneous drainage techniques combined with the recognized advantages of avoiding surgery in critically ill patients have rendered cholecystostomy an attractive treatmen...
Predictive factors for the diagnosis of severe acute cholecystitis in an emergency setting.
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to assess predictive factors for the diagnosis of severe acute cholecystitis. METHODS: The medical records of 295 patients with pathologically confirmed acute cho...
Endoscopic management of acute cholecystitis.
Acute cholecystitis is a commonly encountered medical emergency that is managed surgically with excellent results. Recent experiences with endoscopic cystic duct stent placement and cholecystectomy us...
Acute complications after laparoscopic bariatric procedures: update for the general surgeon.
BACKGROUND: Development and widespread use of laparoscopic bariatric surgery exposes emergency room physicians and general surgeons to face acute or chronic surgical complications of bariatric surgery...
BACKGROUND: The purpose of the present study was to determine the etiology, management, and outcome of acute pancreatitis (AP) in children in an endemic area of hepatobiliary ascariasis (HBA). METHODS...
Epidemiology and clinical presentation of acute cholecystitis.
Acute cholecystitis is the most common complication of cholecystolithiasis. With some 64,000 patients per year requiring surgical inpatient treatment it remains a prevalent surgical disease. The prese...
BACKGROUND: Endoscopic treatment of difficult common bile duct (CBD) stones (diameter ≥10 mm, or four or more) is difficult in patients who have undergone Billroth II (B-II) gastrectomy. Endoscopic...
News Articles
Diagnostic Imaging in Acute Cholecystitis
Which is the most accurate diagnostic imaging modality for suspected acute cholecystitis? Dr. Jadvar comments on this case from Radiology. Medscape Radiology
The AAPS Journal: Therapeutic Roles of Curcumin: Lessons Learned from Clinical Trials
Type: Original PaperExtensive research over the past half century has shown that curcumin (diferuloylmethane), a component of the golden spice turmeric (Curcuma longa), can modulate multiple cell sign...
AXIOS™ Stent and Delivery System CE Mark Approval Expanded to Include Biliary Tract Drainage
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Xlumena, Inc. announces that it has received CE Mark approval to market its AXIOS Stent and Delivery System for biliary tract drainage. The d...
Morbidity high after percutaneous drainage for acute cholecystitis
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients who had percutaneous drainage for acute cholecystitis, instead of cholecystectomy, had longer recoveries, more morbidity, and a trend toward lower survival in...
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Harmonic in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis
In the developmental stage of laparoscopic cholecystectomy it was considered 'unsafe' or 'technically difficult' to perform laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. With incre...
The Influence of Ezetimibe on Gallbladder Function
Ezetimibe is a drug which inhibits the absorption of both dietary and biliary cholesterol in the small intestine. Ezetimibe has been approved for use in humans to lower serum cholesterol....
Acute cholecystitis is frequent in the elderly, or in patients with gall stones. Most cases of severe or recurrent cholecystitis need surgery as final therapy. Today, the performed proced...
Each patient is preoperatively treated once profylactic with intraveneous antibiotics. Postoperatively, one group will be treated with intraveneous antibiotics during 5 days. The other gro...
Biliary Metal Stent Study: Metal Stents for Management of Distal Malignant Biliary Obstruction
The primary purpose is to compare patency of two different types of biliary metal stents, i.e. covered versus uncovered Nitinella metal stent. Secondary purposes are to determine frequency...
Cytological Evaluation of Biliary Epithelium After Endoscopic Sphincterotomy
PROTOCOL Introduction: The introduction of endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP) and endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES) in 1974 has dramatically changed the treatment of bili...
Place of Antibiotics in the Postoperative Acute Lithiasic Cholecystitis
Assess whether postoperative antibiotics after cholecystectomy for acute lithiasic cholecystitis little or moderately severe, is effective and therefore justified. The main objective is...
The treatment of acute cholecystitis includes limited oral intake, antibiotics and early or delayed surgery. To date there are no randomized trials proving the benefit of antibiotic treatm...
The investigators would like to conduct a prospective, randomized non-inferiority study to compare clinical outcome between endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) guided gallbladder drainage and perc...
Extent of Surgical Trauma in Open and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
The aim of this work is to evaluate which of the two types of operation (traditional/open and laparoscopic) has more impact on patients who were operated electively due to their chronic ca...
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Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Cholecystitis, Acute
Acute inflammation of the GALLBLADDER wall. It is characterized by the presence of ABDOMINAL PAIN; FEVER; and LEUKOCYTOSIS. Gallstone obstruction of the CYSTIC DUCT is present in approximately 90% of the cases.
Emphysematous Cholecystitis
A variant of acute cholecystitis with inflammation of the GALLBLADDER that is characterized by the pockets of gas in the gallbladder wall. It is due to secondary infection caused by gas-forming organisms, and has a high risk of perforation.
Acalculous Cholecystitis
Inflammation of the GALLBLADDER wall in the absence of GALLSTONES.
Liver Abscess, Pyogenic
Single or multiple areas of PUS due to bacterial infection within the hepatic parenchyma. It can be caused by a variety of BACTERIA, local or disseminated from infections elsewhere such as in APPENDICITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; PERITONITIS; and after LIVER TRANSPLANTATION.
Cholecystitis
Inflammation of the GALLBLADDER; generally caused by impairment of BILE flow, GALLSTONES in the BILIARY TRACT, infections, or other diseases.
