Clinical approach to patients admitted to the emergency room due to acute cholecystitis during the COVID19 pandemic and percutaneous cholecystostomy experience | Zendy

Hüseyin Çiyiltepe | Zendy

Open Access

Clinical approach to patients admitted to the emergency room due to acute cholecystitis during the COVID19 pandemic and percutaneous cholecystostomy experience

Author(s) -

Hüseyin Çiyiltepe

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

turkish journal of trauma and emergency surgery

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) - medicine , cholecystostomy , gallstones , cholecystectomy , cholecystitis , acute cholecystitis , percutaneous , gallbladder , pandemic , complication , surgery , general surgery , covid-19 , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)

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.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research