Emergency surgery for acute cholecystitis.

Emergency surgery for acute cholecystitis.

Early versus delayed surgery for acute cholecystitis.

Early or delayed surgery in acute cholecystitis remains a controversial issue. In. a retrospective study 46 patients with early cholecystectomy were compared with 54 having delayed surgery in respect of diffic’ulty of operation, incidence of complications, frequency of diagnostic errors and time spent in hospital. Age and Sex distribution and operative procedures were similar in the two groups....

Laparoscopic Surgery in Very Acute Cholecystitis

The objective of this study was to demonstrate the safety and feasibility of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in empyematous or gangrenous cholecystitis. During the period from August 1998 to April 2000, we operated laparoscopically on 64 patients, without any selection, in which we established, preoperatively or intraoperatively, the diagnosis of empyematous or gangrenous cholecystitis using clini...

Rifamide in acute cholecystitis and biliary surgery.

Determination of the minimum inhibitory concentrations of rifamide necessary to inhibit organisms isolated from the biliary tract showed that the organisms were almost invariably sensitive to concentrations which are readily attainable in the biliary tract. Three cases of severe acute inflammation of the biliary tract were treated and this led to rapid clinical improvement. In 61 patients under...

[Acute fulminating emphysematous cholecystitis after cardiac surgery].

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