title: [Acute postoperative acalculous cholecystitis].
abstract: After a brief review of acute postoperative acalculous cholecystitis, the Authors report their experience over the past 10 years consisting of 9 out of 520 cases (1.73%) of acute cholecystitis operated on in their department. They describe the surgical procedures after which acute cholecystitis developed, the diagnostic tools used, the laboratory test results and the types of cholecystitis encountered. Morbidity was 50% (4 cases) and mortality 11.1% (1 case). Acute postoperative acalculous cholecystitis obliges the surgeon to make an early diagnosis and intervene equally rapidly with treatment.
authors.affiliation: Sezione di Chirurgia d'Urgenza e Generale, Dipartimento di Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Catania.
authors.forename: Antonino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buffone
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Basile
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Catania
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benfatto
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belvedere
authors.forename: Ercole
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cirino
mesh_terms: D042101:Acalculous Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D041881:Cholecystitis, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome