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Acute Cholecystitis In Elderly Patients; Management And Outcome, Mahmoud Mohamed, Mohamed Abdel-Maksoud, Mohamed El-Kaseer

Al-Azhar International Medical Journal

Background: The most prevalent consequence of cholelithiasis is acute cholecystitis (AC), which is also one of the most common diseases needing emergency surgery in the elderly. Aim and objectives: The goal of this training was to assess the characteristics, management, results, and danger factors for complications of acute cholecystitis in elderly patients. Furthermore, proof of our current management strategy or recommendations for its modification was sought. Patients and methods: Twenty patients over sixty-five years old with acute cholecystitis were submitted to elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy at Al-Azher University hospitals. Sixteen of them were females (80%) and four were males (20%). Result; …