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Endoscopic Ultrasound‐Guided Gallbladder Drainage as a Bridge to Surgery for Acute Cholecystitis: A Comparative Study [PDF]

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ABSTRACT Objectives Gallbladder drainage is used for patients with acute cholecystitis (AC) who are unsuitable for emergency cholecystectomy. Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD), endoscopic ultrasound‐guided gallbladder drainage (EUS‐GBD), and endoscopic transpapillary GBD (ETGBD) are used as bridge‐to‐surgery (BTS) approaches, but ...
Nagai K, Fujita Y, Uechi H, Koyama Y, Tsujikawa S, Suzuki E, Tsujino S, Ishii K, Nagao A, Yoneda M.   +9 more
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Acute cholecystitis and helminthic infestation

Journal of Acute Disease, 2019
Acute cholecystitis is an important acute medical problem, so acute disorder of the gall bladder requires good clinical management. There are several etiologies of acute cholecystitis.
Pathum Sookaromdee, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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Is the Mean Platelet Volume in Patients with Acute Cholecystitis an Inflammatory Marker? [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Introduction: Acute cholecystitis is an inflammatory disease of the gallbladder. Ultrasonography (US) is the initial and the most valuable method in the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis.
Asli Tanrivermis Sayit, Pinar Hediye Gunbey, Yüksel Terzi   +2 more
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Perforation of the gallbladder presenting as upper respiratory tract infection

Liječnički vjesnik, 2023
Gallbladder perforation is a rare, but life-threatening complication of acute cholecystitis. Acute cholecystitis is a common biliary tract disease affecting mostly men over 50 years of age.
Fran Matijević, Marija Tominac
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Antibiotic selection based on microbiology and resistance profiles of bile from gallbladder of patients with acute cholecystitis

Scientific Reports, 2021
With the progression of acute cholecystitis, antimicrobial therapy becomes important for infection control. Current antibiotic recommendations were mostly based on reports of patients with acute cholangitis whose bile specimens were sampled from the ...
Suk-Won Suh, Yoo Shin Choi, Seong-Ho Choi, Jae Hyuk Do, Hyoung-Chul Oh, Hong Jin Kim, Seung Eun Lee   +6 more
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DIAGNOSIS AND SURGICAL INTERVENTION ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS

, 2018
Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder that take place usually because of an obstruction of the cystic duct by gallstones arising from the gallbladder.
Rawabi Mohammad Abdulhadi Alamri, Sarah Ahmed Hasan Alshalan, Duaa Hamed Sluiman Alahmadi, Razan Nabil Asiri
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Developing a Simple Score for Diagnosis of Acute Cholecystitis at the Emergency Department

Diagnostics, 2022
We aim to develop a diagnostic score for acute cholecystitis that integrates symptoms, physical examinations, and laboratory data to help clinicians for timely detection and early treatment of this disease.
Saowaluck Faikhongngoen, Boriboon Chenthanakij, Borwon Wittayachamnankul, Phichayut Phinyo, Wachira Wongtanasarasin   +4 more
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Predictors of acute gangrenous cholecystitis and its complications: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Surgery
Introduction Acute gangrenous cholecystitis is a serious complication of acute cholecystitis. Predictors of its development and of its complications are not well established.
Noelle El Asmar, Chantal Rizk, Dima Malak, Mohamad Ali Ibrahim, Ayman Tawil, Martine Elbejjani, Kassem Barada   +6 more
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Acute ischemic cholecystitis in Takayasu’s syndrome – a rare finding [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction. Takayasu’s arteritis or pulseless disease is a systemic inflammatory disease of an unknown etiology, affecting medium and large arteries and their branches, leading to stenosis, occlusions, or aneurysmal degeneration. It is more frequent in
Alexandru C. CARÂP, Laura I. SOCEA, Bogdan SOCEA, Dan DUMITRESCU, Mihai DIMITRIU, Camelia DIACONU, Vlad D. CONSTANTIN, Ovidiu G. BRATU   +7 more
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Radical Resection of the Third Portion of the Duodenum for Secondary Aortoduodenal Fistula

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Secondary aortoduodenal fistula most commonly involves the third portion of the duodenum and requires definitive management of both vascular and gastrointestinal components. We demonstrate a step‐by‐step technique for radical duodenal resection and reconstruction performed in structured collaboration with cardiovascular surgeons.
Koji Kubota, Akira Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Notake, Tatsuichiro Seto, Yuji Soejima   +4 more
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