Tuberculosis of the gallbladder is an extremely rare entity with only few case reports in the literature. Gallbladder tuberculosis is often found in association with gallstones or cystic duct obstruction and it may be a part of miliary tuberculosis, abdominal tuberculosis, primary isolated gallbladder tuberculosis and as acalculous cholecystitis in immunocmpromised patients. Preoperative diagno...

We present a rare case of type II Niemeier gallbladder perforation(GBP) developed as a complication of acute calculous cholecystitis. A 76-year-old man was admitted to our surgical unit with the presumptive diagnosis of acute cholecystitis. CT scan revealed a subcapsular collection developed on the visceral surface of the right hepatic lobe. It was communicating through a thin hypodense band wi...

  Introduction: Despite presence of a body of evidence in support of high accuracy of cholecystokinin cholescintigraphy (CCK-CS) , for diagnosis of chronic cholecystitis(CC) , some authors have claimed that  gallbladder ejection fraction (GBEF)  has poor predictive diagnostic values. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is any difference in GBEF between...

AIM To assess the long-term outcomes of this procedure after removal of self-expandable metal stent (SEMS). The efficacy and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage (EUS-GBD) with SEMS were also assessed. METHODS Between January 2010 and April 2015, 12 patients with acute calculous cholecystitis, who were deemed unsuitable for cholecystectomy, underwent EUS-GBD with a SEMS...

Falciform ligament abscess is rare. We report a case of a 65-year-old man who presented with right upper quadrant abdominal pain, postprandial fullness, and fever. Computed tomography disclosed a cylindrical mass in the anterior abdomen that aroused suspicion of a hepatic abscess. At laparoscopic surgery, an abscess of the falciform ligament was found and drained. Two months later, the patient ...

Cholecystitis presents as acute or chronic. Severity of cholecystitis depends on several factors.  Aim of this study was to evaluate severity of laparoscopic cholecystectomy findings based on gender type. In a retrospective and epidemiological study, a total of 101 patients who were underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy were selected from 2001 to 2006 in university affiliated hospitals of Ahwa...

Introduction: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, a common procedure is not without complications, and bile spillage can cause surgical site infection (SSI). There no local evidence in our hospital setting.
 Objective: The objective of this study was to find the prevalence among non-spillage patients following laparoscopic cholecystectomy at BMCTH
 Methodology: A hospital-based cross-sectio...