Acute hepatocellular injury is a commonly encountered phenomenon in patients with cholelithiasis and concomitant common bile duct (CBD) stones. However, in clinical practice, it seemed to occur also ...

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 ...

Among patients with acute cholecystitis who were managed non-operatively, 38.3% experienced new complications. Delayed cholecystectomy was recommended for younger patients with prior complications. Of ...

TRANSIENT fever, pain, ileus and general discomfort are so common after any surgical procedure that development of a new surgical emergency is often masked by these almost routine sequelae. The ...

CLINICAL findings and laboratory tests frequently fail to indicate accurately the pathologic status of the gall bladder in acute cholecystitis. Gangrene with incipient or actual perforation may exist ...

The gallbladder is a small organ that holds bile from the liver and releases it into the small intestine to help with digestion. (1) When a gallstone forms, it can wedge itself in the ducts that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers have found 36 cases of acute cholecystitis associated with the use of GLP-1 receptor agonists in the ...