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Query: UMLS:C0149520 (
acute cholecystitis
)
2,784
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Sixty patients were treated in the emergency ward for biliary colic. Cholelithiasis was proven by ultrasonography. Twenty patients (group I) were treated by placebo. Twenty patients (group II) were treated by papaverine, and 20 patients were treated by diclofenac sodium (
Voltaren
) (group III). Twenty more patients (group IV) with low back pain (LBP) were treated with diclofenac sodium (
Voltaren
) as a control to assess the analgesic effect of
Voltaren
. Two interesting observations were made:
Voltaren
was proven more efficient for pain relief (P less than 0.002), and none of the patients treated with
Voltaren
were in need of hospitalization and immediate surgery. In comparison, nine patients of the other two groups progressed to
acute cholecystitis
and needed surgical intervention. The possible anticolic and anti-biliary inflammation properties and the indications for use of
Voltaren
are discussed.
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PMID:Biliary colic treatment and acute cholecystitis prevention by prostaglandin inhibitor. 210 77
