Acute Cholecystitis occurs throughout the year, but some months are associated with higher incidences. The aim of this study is to review prior research, summarise current knowledge and controversies related seasonal variability acute cholecystitis examine whether has a pattern.

BACKGROUND High incidence of gallbladder cancer (GBC) is reported from North India, with elevated concentrations of heavy metals in water and soil. This Indo-Japan collaborative study compared presence of heavy metals in gallbladder tissues. METHODS Heavy metal concentrations were estimated in Indian GBC and cholecystitis tissues and compared with Japanese GBC and cholecystitis tissues. Spect...

The diagnosis and staging of acute cholecystitis, upon a lot of diagnostic methods and some scoring systems, is still a great clinical problem. The aim of the study was to investigate if serum Troponin I is elevated in patients with acute cholecystitis. Following informed consent, 65 patients with clinical and laboratory signs of acute cholecystitis were enrolled. All patients had measured seru...

Background Acute perforated cholecystitis (APC) is probably the most severe benign gallbladder pathology with high rates of morbidity and mortality. The cause of APC has not been fully understood. We postulated that APC is a complication of advanced gallbladder inflammation. The aim of this study was to investigate the extent of gallbladder inflammation in patients with APC. Methods Patients ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Factors that contribute to difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in acute cholecystitis (AC) that would affect the performance of early surgery remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to identify such risk factors. METHODS One hundred fifty-four patients who underwent LC for AC were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were categorized into early surger...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in acute and chronic cholecystitis and compare it with the open procedure. METHODS This is a 5-year retrospective analysis performed at our hospital. Surgical treatment of gallbladder disease was performed in 1003 patients. Acute cholecystitis was present in 120 (11.9%) patients, and chronic cholecystitis was present in 8...

Little information is available on the factors influencing length of stay (LOS) in hospital and medical costs during hospitalization associated with cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. We determined the independent factors affecting LOS and medical costs of patients who underwent cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis based on data from the Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC) database. ...

A positive sonographic Murphy sign, the presence of maximal tenderness elicited over a sonographically localized gallbladder, has been reported to be a helpful adjunctive finding in patients with proven acute cholecystitis who are evaluated with ultrasonography. We evaluated 200 patients with right upper quadrant pain, thought to be acute cholecystitis. Results of ultrasound examinations and su...

AIM The aim of this study was to prospectively assess the outcome of early laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in patients with acute cholecystitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between July 2005 and December 2012, of 623 patients who had symptoms of acute cholecystitis during the first 72 h of hospital admission and who did not respond to non-operative treatment, 302 underwent surgical treatment. Aft...