[Acute cholecystitis and liver failure].
The article presents results of treatment of 300 patients with acute cholecystitis, 285 of them (95%) being operated upon. Hepatic insufficiency was found to develop in 173 patients (57,6%). The operation of choice was cholecystectomy (97,1%). Cholecystostomy was fulfilled in 7 patients (2,4%), in 2 patients (0,5%) choledocholithotomy was made following a previous cholecystectomy. Lethality in patients with hepatic insufficiency was 4 times as high as in patients without it. In 34,1% of the operated patients hepatic insufficiency was the main cause of death.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000379:methods; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D001663:Bilirubin
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