Emergency Medicine: Open Access
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Chiara Falcone

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• Research Article
  Should We must Push for Primary Surgery Attempt in Case of Acute Cholecystitis? A Retrospective Analysis and a Proposal of an Evidence based Clinical Pathway
  Author(s): Michele Pisano, Marco Ceresoli, Luca Campanati, Federico Coccolini, Chiara Falcone, Michela Giulii Capponi, Fabrizio Palamara, Dario Piazzalunga, Elia Poiasina, Alessandra Tebaldi, Alberto Zucchi and Luca AnsaloniMichele Pisano, Marco Ceresoli, Luca Campanati, Federico Coccolini, Chiara Falcone, Michela Giulii Capponi, Fabrizio Palamara, Dario Piazzalunga, Elia Poiasina, Alessandra Tebaldi, Alberto Zucchi and Luca Ansaloni
  
  The treatment and the correct management of acute calcolous cholecystitis (ACC), despite the presence of several studies, meta-analysis and guidelines are still debated and up to 80% of patients with ACC do not receive the definitive surgical treatment during the first hospital admission. A retrospective analysis of patients admitted with non-complicated acute cholecystitis in our hospital has been performed and on the basis of this analysis we proposed evidence based clinical pathway. 502 patients were selected, with a mean age of 62.09 years old, 56% of male sex and a mean Charlson comorbidity index of 2.96. 32.1% of the patients were not operated during all the observed period. Cholecystectomy during the first hospitalization was performed in 44.2% of the cases with a conversion rate of 15.34%, a cumulative hospital stay of 8.08 days and a mean cost of 3904 €. Delayed cholecys.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7548.1000201

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