[Acute cholecystitis in patients over 80 years of age: indication for immediate surgical treatment].
The Authors analyse the results of very early surgical treatment in 43 patients over 80 years of age. The severity of morphological changes in the gallbladder and complicated course of the disease are the main factors causing an unfavorable effect on the results of a later treatment. Echography allows, in a high percentage of cases, to confirm the clinical doubt of acute cholecystitis. Cholecystectomy was carried out in all the patients within the first 6 hours (very early surgery-VES). The overall mortality rate was 7%; the morbility rate was 18%.
Dipartimento di Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Catania.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors