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Mortality and morbidity of surgical treatment of gallstones are analysed through a series of 5 433 operations : 3 885 for chronic cholecystitis; 844 for choledocholithiasis, 564 for acute cholecystitis, 96 for odditis, 31 for internal fistula, 13 for gallstone ileus. The overall mortality rate is 1,53%, the morbidity rate 8,32 % but significant differences are found related to sex, age, stage of disease and operating procedure: for example cholecystectomy for chronic cholecystitis in patients beyond 60 years has a mortality rate of 0,2%; in choledocholithiasis, after 70 years the mortality rate is 9,8% . Analysis of deaths and complications shows that mortality and morbidity can be reduced by a better selection of cases and various preventive measures.
Sem Hop
PMID:[Operative risk in cholelithiasis. 5 433 surgical interventions (author's transl)]. 626 7

A retrospective study of fifty surgically proven cases of acute cholecystitis and a review of the literature enabled the authors to summarise the sonographic features of the disease. These may include one or several of the following signs: thick gall bladder wall with an occasional posterior hypoechogenic rim, diffuse echogenicity of the purulent bile and local tenderness at the passage of the transducer. If an abscess is present, there is a hypoechogenic area in contact with the gall bladder. The technical problems of the B scan performed on an emergency basis make the use of real time intercostal scans invaluable. Ultrasound should be the first and may be the radiological examination performed in this situation.
Sem Hop 1982 Oct 07
PMID:[Ultrasonic diagnosis of acute cholecystitis. Critical study of 50 verified cases]. 629 40