Acute cholecystitis (AC) is an acute inflammatory process of the gallbladder that may be
associated with potentially severe complications, such as empyema, gangrene, perforation …

Background Acute calculous cholecystitis (ACC) is the second most frequent surgical
condition in emergency departments. The recommended treatment is the early laparoscopic …

Background It is unclear whether cholecystectomy is beneficial after percutaneous
transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) in elderly patients with acute cholecystitis (AC) …

Background Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) plays an important
role in the treatment of elderly patients and/or patients in poor health with acute cholecystitis …

ABSTRACT Background The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality
Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) surgical risk calculator provides an estimation of 30-d …

Aim We have routinely performed emergent laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) as soon as
we diagnosed acute cholecystitis (AC), if patients could tolerate surgery. This study was …

Introducción Analizar los factores de riesgo de complicaciones para colecistitis aguda
litiásica confrontándolos a las Tokyo Guidelines. Métodos Estudio retrospectivo de 963 …

Objective This study aimed to investigate the value of combining percutaneous transhepatic
gallbladder drainage (PTGD) with gallbladder-preserving cholecystolithotomy (GPC) in high …

Objective To challenge the risk factors described in Tokyo Guidelines in Acute Calculous
Cholecystitis. Methods Retrospective single center cohort study with 963 patients with Acute …

Background The use of cholecystostomy (c-tube) in acute cholecystitis (AC) has increased
yet there is limited evidence to guide surgical decision-making after placement. As a result …