Acute cholecystitis: a review

JR Gallaher, A Charles - Jama, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Gallbladder disease affects approximately 20 million people in the US. Acute
cholecystitis is diagnosed in approximately 200 000 people in the US each year …

Gallbladder dysfunction: cholecystitis, choledocholithiasis, cholangitis, and biliary dyskinesia

T Wilkins, E Agabin, J Varghese… - Primary Care: Clinics …, 2017 - primarycare.theclinics.com
Background Cholecystitis may be acute or chronic. Individuals with acute cholecystitis (AC)
typically present with right upper quadrant (RUQ) pain, fever, and leukocytosis (Box 1) …

Early cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis in the elderly population: a systematic review and meta-analysis

CS Loozen, B van Ramshorst, HC van Santvoort… - Digestive surgery, 2017 - karger.com
Background: In the era of advanced surgical techniques and improved perioperative care,
the willingness to perform emergency operations in elderly patients continues to increase …

Interventional approaches to gallbladder disease

TH Baron, IS Grimm, LL Swanstrom - New England Journal of …, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
This review summarizes recent innovations in the approaches to gallbladder disease,
including laparoscopic cholecystectomy, cholecystectomy with natural orifice transluminal …

[HTML][HTML] Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage, transpapillary drainage, or percutaneous drainage in high risk acute cholecystitis patients: a systematic …

BP Mohan, SR Khan, S Trakroo, S Ponnada… - …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Background Endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage (ETGBD) and endoscopic
ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage (EUSGBD) are alternatives to percutaneous …

Optimal treatment strategy for acute cholecystitis based on predictive factors: Japan‐Taiwan multicenter cohort study

I Endo, T Takada, TL Hwang, K Akazawa… - Journal of Hepato …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Although early laparoscopic cholecystectomy is widely performed for acute
cholecystitis, the optimal timing of a cholecystectomy in clinically ill patients remains …

EFSUMB guidelines on interventional ultrasound (INVUS), part III–abdominal treatment procedures (long version)

CF Dietrich, T Lorentzen, L Appelbaum… - Ultraschall in der …, 2016 - thieme-connect.com
The third part of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and
Biology (EFSUMB) Guidelines on Interventional Ultrasound (INVUS) assesses the evidence …

Management of Acute Cholecystitis in High-Risk Patients: Percutaneous Gallbladder Drainage as a Definitive Treatment vs. Emergency Cholecystectomy—Systematic …

R Cirocchi, L Amato, S Ungania, M Buononato… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: This systematic review aims to investigate whether percutaneous transhepatic
gallbladder biliary drainage (PTGBD) is superior to emergency cholecystectomy (EC) as a …

Conversion of percutaneous cholecystostomy to internal transmural gallbladder drainage using an endoscopic ultrasound–guided, lumen-apposing metal stent

R Law, IS Grimm, JM Stavas, TH Baron - Clinical gastroenterology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Patients with acute cholecystitis sometimes require placement of percutaneous
cholecystostomy catheters, either as a bridge to surgery or as primary therapy. In patients …

The difficult gall bladder: Outcomes following laparoscopic cholecystectomy and the need for open conversion

A Ashfaq, K Ahmadieh, AA Shah, AB Chapital… - The American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction Surgery for the difficult gallbladder (DGB) is associated with increased risk
compared to more routine laparoscopic cholecystectomies (LC). Laparoscopic “damage …