Successful treatment of emphysematous cholecystitis by laparoscopic surgery

Abstract Emphysematous cholecystitis (EC) is a severe and rare variant of acute cholecystitis characterized by ischemia of the gallbladder wall with gas-forming bacterial proliferation. Open cholecystectomy is traditionally the gold standard approach to treatment due to difficulty in isolating Calot...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inJournal of surgical case reports Vol. 2021; no. 3; p. rjab080
Main Authors Funahashi, Hitoshi, Komori, Tetsuya, Sumita, Naoki
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Oxford University Press 01.03.2021
Subjects
Case Report
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Abstract Emphysematous cholecystitis (EC) is a severe and rare variant of acute cholecystitis characterized by ischemia of the gallbladder wall with gas-forming bacterial proliferation. Open cholecystectomy is traditionally the gold standard approach to treatment due to difficulty in isolating Calot’s triangle in the setting of intense inflammation. We present a case of EC successfully and safely treated by laparoscopic surgery.
ISSN:2042-8812
2042-8812
DOI:10.1093/jscr/rjab080