BACKGROUND Gallbladder perforation is a serious complication of acute cholecystitis.Such perforation is a rare but life-threatening situation that can lead to the formation and rupture of liver hematomas.Here,we repor...
BACKGROUND Endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage is challenging because of the complexity of the procedure and high incidence of adverse events(AEs).To overcome these problems,endoscopic gallbladder stenting(...
The incidence of cholecystitis is relatively high in developed countries and may usually be attributed to gallstones,the treatment for which involves complete surgical removal of the gallbladder(cholecystectomy).Bile ...
BACKGROUND The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic has significantly disrupted both elective and acute medical care.Data from the early months suggest that acute care patient populations deferred presen...
Department of General Surgery, Radiology and Pathology of Tan Tock Seng Hospital for the support
BACKGROUND Isolated tuberculosis of the gallbladder is extremely rare due to its intrinsic resistance to tuberculous infections.There are reports of gallbladder tuberculosis mimicking cholecystitis or malignancy.Howev...
BACKGROUND Sodium level is an important clinical predictor of complex biliary disease.Hyponatremia has been observed in conjunction with biliary disease,however the nature of this association remains unclear.AIM To in...
The incidence of biliary injury after laparoscopic cholecystectomy(LC) has shown a declining trend though it may still be twice that as with open cholecystectomy. Major biliary or vasculobiliary injury is associated w...
Acute calculous cholecystitis(ACC) is the most frequent complication of cholelithiasis and represents one-third of all surgical emergency hospital admissions, many aspects of the disease are still a matter of debate. ...