Open AccessClinical approach to patients admitted to the emergency room due to acute cholecystitis during the COVID19 pandemic and percutaneous cholecystostomy experience
Author(s) -
Hüseyin Çiyiltepe,
Gülşah Yıldırım,
Mehmet Mahir Fersahoğlu,
Muharrem Aydın,
Yetkin Özcabı,
Nuriye Esen Bulut,
İksan Taşdelen,
Ayşe Tuba Fersahoğlu,
Zuhal Yananlı,
İbrahim Aydın,
Birol Ağca,
Hakkı Muammer Karakaş,
Ümit Akyüz,
Kemal Memi̇şoğlu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.28
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1306-696X
DOI - 10.14744/tjtes.2020.80083
Subject(s) - pandemic , medicine , acute cholecystitis , cholecystostomy , medical emergency , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , cholecystitis , emergency medicine , general surgery , virology , surgery , cholecystectomy , gallbladder , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
Acute cholecystitis (AC), a common complication of gallstones, is responsible for a significant part of emergency applications, and cholecystectomy is the only definitive treatment method for AC. Early cholecystectomy has many reported advantages. Operation-related morbidity and mortality have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, our aim is to present our general clinical approach to patients who were diagnosed with AC during the pandemic and our percutaneous cholecystostomy experience during this period.