Acute cholecystitis developed immediately after thoracic kyphoplasty -A case report-.
Postoperative acute cholecystitis is a rare complication of orthopaedic surgery and is unrelated to the biliary tract. In particular, in the case of immediate postoperative state after surgery such as kyphoplasty at the thoracic vertebra, symptoms related to inflammation mimic those of abdominal origin, so the diagnosis and the treatment of acute cholecystitis can be delayed leading to a fatal outcome. It is important that physicians should be aware of the postoperative patient's condition in order to make an early diagnosis and determine treatment.
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Sang-Bum
SB
An
Jiyeon
J
Yim
Eunjung
E
Kim
Jae-Hyuck
JH
Shin
Soo Young
SY
Park
Sang Chul
SC
Lee