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3290556

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-8-11
pubmed:abstractText
The clinical course and management of 494 patients with postoperative acute cholecystitis, encountered at 122 hospitals in Japan during the last decade, were reviewed. The incidence of the disease from the total operations was 0.06 per cent, and 445 patients (90 per cent) were acalculous. The mean age of the patients was 60 years, and the ratio of male to female was 2.8:1. Total gastrectomy, subtotal gastrectomy, and esophagectomy were the most common operations precipitating postoperative acute cholecystitis. Vagotomy, dissection of the upper abdominal lymph nodes, and prolonged fasting were prevalent among the risk factors. Clinical diagnosis was confirmed in most patients by ultrasonography. Among the various treatments, cholecystectomy brought the lowest mortality rate; the overall mortality rate being 23 per cent. When this disease is suspected, ultrasonography should be performed repeatedly and percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage or cholecystectomy are recommended as being the treatments of choice.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0047-1909
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
35-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Postoperative acute cholecystitis: a collective review of 494 cases in Japan.
pubmed:affiliation
Second Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't