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JAMA, 2022 Gallbladder disease affects approximately 20 million people in the US. Acute cholecystitis is diagnosed in approximately 200 000 people in the US each year.Gallstone-associated cystic duct obstruction is responsible for 90% to 95% of the cases of acute cholecystitis.
Jared R, Gallaher, Anthony, Charles
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Incidence of acute cholecystitis underwent cholecystectomy in incident dialysis patients: a nationwide population-based cohort study in Korea [PDF]
Kidney Research and Clinical Practice, 2022 Background Patients on dialysis have numerous gastrointestinal problems related to uremia, which may represent concealed cholecystitis. We investigated the incidence and risk of acute cholecystitis in dialysis patients and used national health insurance ...
Hanlim Choi +5 more
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Arta Medica, 2022 Objectives. Usual predisposing factors of acute acalculous cholecystitis are critical conditions, prolonged fasting, parenteral nutrition, sepsis.
Vladimir Hotineanu +5 more
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Synchronous gallbladder perforation and appendicitis in a pediatric patient
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2022 Background: Acute appendicitis and acute cholecystitis are among the most common diagnoses operated by general surgeons. However, synchronous appendicitis and cholecystitis have rarely been reported and most cases have been described as acalculous ...
José Miguel Aceves-Ayala +4 more
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2023 Background Cholecystitis can represent a comorbidity during gallbladder cancer surgery; nonetheless, the prognostic impact of acute cholecystitis comorbidity remains unclear.
Yasuhiro Kihara +2 more
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Visceral Medicine, 2015 <b><i>Background:</i></b> The treatment of acute cholecystitis has been controversially discussed in the literature as there are no high-evidence-level data yet for determining the optimal point in time for surgical intervention. So far, the laparoscopic removal of the gallbladder within 72 h has been the most preferred approach
Schuld, Jochen, Glanemann, Matthias
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Treatment of perforated acute cholecystitis with percutaneous cholecystostomy
Medicine Science, 2022 Acute cholecystitis is a common disease treated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy as a standard procedure. Perforated cholecystitis is a complication of acute cholecystitis and patients with comorbidities who have a high risk for the operation may also ...
Sevcan Alkan Kayaoglu
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Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis Associated with Abscesses—An Unknown Dual Pathology
Biomedicines, 2023 (1) Introduction and Aims: Little is known about the relationship between renal pathology and gallbladder pathology, although the two organs (the gallbladder and the right kidney) are in close proximity to one another.
Cristina Gluhovschi +6 more
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Medicina, 2022 Background and objectives: Acute cholecystitis causes acute abdominal pain and may necessitate emergency surgery or intensive antibiotic therapy and percutaneous drainage, depending on the patient’s condition. The symptoms of acute cholecystitis in older
Hirotaka Ikeda +2 more
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Use of Gallbladder Width Measurement by Computed Tomography in the Diagnosis of Acute Cholecystitis
Diagnostics, 2022 This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of gallbladder width measurement with computed tomography (CT) in patients with acute cholecystitis.
Yong Suk Park +11 more
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