Open AccessTherapeutic experience of an 89-year-old high-risk patient with incarcerated cholecystolithiasis: A case report and literature review
Author(s) -
Zongming Zhang,
Chong Zhang,
Zhuo Liu,
Limin Liu,
Zhu Mei,
Yue Zhao,
Bai-Jiang Wan,
Hai Deng,
Haiyan Yang,
Jia-Hong Liao,
Haibo Zhu,
Wei Xue,
LiLi Liu,
Man Wang,
Xiaoting Ma,
Miaomiao Zhang,
Jiao-Jiao Liu,
Tiantian Liu,
Niu-Niu Huang,
Yuan Ping,
Yu-Jiao Gao,
Jing Zhao,
Xi-Ai Guo,
Fang Liao,
Fengyuan Li,
Xueting Wang,
Ruijiao Yuan,
Fang Wu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i20.4908
Subject(s) - medicine , cholecystectomy , gallstones , pneumonia , septic shock , general surgery , disease , surgery , shock (circulatory) , aspirin , cholecystitis , intensive care medicine , gallbladder , sepsis
The global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia poses a particular challenge to the emergency surgical treatment of elderly patients with high-risk acute abdominal diseases. Elderly patients are a high-risk group for surgical treatment. If the incarceration of gallstones cannot be relieved, emergency surgery is unavoidable.