Acute calculous cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder caused by a gallstone or biliary sludge that blocks the cystic duct. The blockage in the cystic duct causes bile to build up in the ...

Among patients who underwent gall bladder removal for acute calculous cholecystitis, lack of postoperative antibiotic treatment did not result in a greater incidence of infections, according to a ...

Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Determination of Severity of Acute Cholecystitis. Comparison of Access-Port Locations and Diameters for Conventional Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Mini-Laparoscopic ...

Antibiotic treatment after cholecystectomy for acute calculous cholecystitis did not appear to lower risk for infection, according to a study published in the July 9 issue of JAMA. Approximately 20% ...

INTRAVENOUS cholangiography with iodipamide sodium was introduced in clinical medicine in 1953 as a method for rapid high contrast visualization of the biliary ducts and gall bladder. 1 An abundant ...

April 30, 2010 (UPDATED May 25, 2010) — In patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis, several clinical and demographic factors increase the probability of acute cholecystitis, according to a study in ...

Postoperative antibiotics after gallbladder removal do not reduce the risk of infection, researchers reported. In a randomized trial, the infection rate after cholecystectomy was virtually identical ...

Acute cholecystitis is an inflammation of the gallbladder. The gallbladder is an organ that sits below your liver and helps your body digest fat. Cholecystitis can become very severe and in most cases ...

Evidence on the safety and efficacy of percutaneous insertion of a cystic duct stent after cholecystostomy for acute calculous cholecystitis is inadequate in quality and quantity. But because patients ...