Introduction Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the gold standard technique for
gallbladder diseases in both acute and elective surgery. Nevertheless, reports from national …

Abstract The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in Ghana is part of an ongoing
pandemic caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV …

Las Guías de Tokio (TG-13) se utilizan para diagnosticar, evaluar la gravedad y guiar el
manejo de la Colecistitis Aguda (CA). El objetivo de nuestro estudio fue aplicar las Guías de …

Hypothesis: Even at the beginning of the new millennium, secondary peritonitis presents a
common life-threatening condition associated with high mortality and morbidity. Objective …

Objectives The clinical diagnosis of complicated acute cholecystitis (CAC) remains difficult
with several pathological or ultrasonography criteria used to differentiate it from …

As a serious complication of cholelithiasis, gangrenous cholecystitis presents greater
mortality than noncomplicated cholecystitis. The aim of this study was to specify the risk …

Background Although several investigators have reported that inflammation-based
prognostic scores can predict disease severity in patients with various inflammatory …

Gangrenous cholecystitis is difficult to diagnose clinically and carries risk of morbidity and
mortality if not treated urgently. Complex scoring systems exist to predict the condition. C …

Background Acute cholecystitis (AC) is a surgical condition that is usually managed by
emergency surgery. The presence of common bile duct stones (CBDS) in this setting …

Background White blood cell levels (WBC) is the only biologic determinant criterion of the
severity assessment of acute cholecystitis (AC) in the revised Tokyo Guidelines 2018 …