ALLMedicine™ Acute Cholecystitis Center

Apr 8th, 2021 - Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) is indicated for patients with acute cholecystitis (AC) who are not indicated for urgent surgery, but external tubes reduce quality of life (QOL) while waiting for elective surgery. The object...

Apr 2nd, 2021 - Select patients with acute cholecystitis (AC) are poor candidates for cholecystectomy. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)-guided transpapillary gallbladder drainage (ERGD) is one modality for nonoperative management of AC in the...

Mar 31st, 2021 - Both one-stage [laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) plus laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE)] and two-stage [endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) followed by sequential LC] approaches are effective treatment for concom...

Mar 21st, 2021 - Our aim is to determine the relationships among patient demographics, patient history, surgical experience, and conversion rate (CR) during elective laparoscopic cholecystectomies (LCs). We analyzed data from patients who underwent LC surgery betw...

Mar 20th, 2021 - To analyse acute cholecystitis (AC) management during the first pandemic outbreak after the recommendations given by the surgical societies estimating: morbidity, length of hospital stay, mortality and hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infection rate. ...

Jan 23rd, 2013 - Since its publication in 2007, the Tokyo Guidelines for the management of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis (TG07) have been widely adopted. The validation of TG07 conducted in terms of clinical practice has shown that the diagnostic criteria fo...

Jan 11th, 2013 - Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) is considered a safe alternative to early cholecystectomy, especially in surgically high-risk patients with acute cholecystitis. Although randomized prospective controlled trials are lacking, ...

Apr 8th, 2021 - Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) is indicated for patients with acute cholecystitis (AC) who are not indicated for urgent surgery, but external tubes reduce quality of life (QOL) while waiting for elective surgery. The object...

Apr 2nd, 2021 - Select patients with acute cholecystitis (AC) are poor candidates for cholecystectomy. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)-guided transpapillary gallbladder drainage (ERGD) is one modality for nonoperative management of AC in the...

Mar 31st, 2021 - Both one-stage [laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) plus laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE)] and two-stage [endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) followed by sequential LC] approaches are effective treatment for concom...

Mar 21st, 2021 - Our aim is to determine the relationships among patient demographics, patient history, surgical experience, and conversion rate (CR) during elective laparoscopic cholecystectomies (LCs). We analyzed data from patients who underwent LC surgery betw...

Mar 20th, 2021 - To analyse acute cholecystitis (AC) management during the first pandemic outbreak after the recommendations given by the surgical societies estimating: morbidity, length of hospital stay, mortality and hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infection rate. ...

Jan 20th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A bedside scoring tool could help identify or rule out sonographic acute cholecystitis (SAC) in the emergency department (ED), researchers say. The study builds on previous work and "defines a way to potentially rule in...

Dec 15th, 2014 - Our Treatment An MRI of the abdomen revealed a right adrenal hematoma (Figure 2). This diagnosis was made after common causes of the right upper quadrant and right flank pain were excluded and was confirmed with an MRI of the abdomen.