Acute Cholecystitis

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Eachempati, Soumitra R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Reed, II, R. Lawrence (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2015.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Surgery.; Traumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Surgery.; Traumatic Surgery.; Emergency Medicine.

This text covers all aspects of the current diagnosis and treatment of acute cholecystitis. Different diagnostic tests are discussed as well as the preoperative evaluation needed to initiate treatment. Other sections include the management of acute cholecystitis in the critically ill and elderly pat...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Normal biliary physiology and anatomy
• Pathophysiology of gallstones
• History of medical and surgical management of acute cholecystitis
• The diagnosis of acute cholecystitis
• The use of imaging in gallbladder disease
• The use of routine and selective intraoperative cholangiography
• Non-operative management of acute cholecystitis
• Surgical management of acute cholecystitis
• Robotic cholecystectomy
• Infectious considerations in complicated acute cholecystitis
• Gallstone pancreatitis
• Management of acute cholecystitis patient in the critically ill patient
• Damage control techniques in acute cholecystitis
• Indications for and considerations surrounding interval cholecystectomy
• The utility of endoscopic techniques in simple and complicated acute cholecystitis
• Acalculous cholecystitis
• Gallbladder cancer presenting as acute cholecystitis.