Acute Cholecystitis
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 cholec
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Acute Cholecystitis
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Acute Cholecystitis
Soumitra R. Eachempati R. Lawrence Reed, II Editors
Acute Cholecystitis
Editors Soumitra R. Eachempati, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.C.C.M. Department of Surgery Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY, USA
R. Lawrence Reed, II, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.C.C.M. Department of Surgery Indiana University Acute Care Surgery Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital Indianapolis, IN, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-14823-6 ISBN 978-3-319-14824-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-14824-3
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Preface
On October 7, 2013, we moderated a panel discussion at the American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress in Washington, DC, on the treatment of acute cholecystitis in high-risk patients. The interest in this symposium exceeded our expectations as the session attracted over 1000 attendees. The superb speakers (several of whom have become chapter authors of this text) discussed new therapies for the traditional conundrums of the management of gallbladder infections. The questions by the audience reflected the problems both the community surgeon and the experienced academic frequently faced in the management of acute cholecystitis. Clearly, the session and its response awoke our sensibilities to the magnitude of the challenges surrounding the management of acute cholecystitis in today’s increasingly complex patients. This presentation and its response alerted us to the potential utility of a book describing the management travails posed by the modern patient with acute cholecystitis. We remarked how the disease was not just “biliary colic” anymore but instead an increasingly frequent and heterogenous mix of outpatients with comor
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