title: Acute cholecystitis in the immediate postoperative period following esophagogastrectomy.
abstract: Postoperative acute cholecystitis (PAC) occurs after 0.06 per cent of all operations. However, PAC may occur in up to 3.1 per cent of patients after gastrectomy. This increased incidence of PAC is due to bile stasis and gall bladder ischemia promoted by vagotomy and gastrohepatic ligament dissection during gastrectomy. Despite similar factors during esophagogastrectomy PAC is rarely reported in large American series of patients undergoing esophagogastrectomy. We report two cases of PAC occurring after esophagogastrectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Paull
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed