A comparative analysis of gallbladder torsion and acute gallbladder disease without torsion: a single-center retrospective case series study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute gallbladder disease (AGD) is frequent in the emergency department (ED), and usually requires surgical intervention. Gallbladder torsion (GT) is a rare entity among patients with AGD. There are sparse reviews of GT's clinical characteristics, and there is no comparative study between them in the same patient cohort. Therefore, we report the case series of GT, and compare the statistical differences between GT and non-GT with AGD.

Methods

We collected retrospective data from patients who visited ED with AGD and underwent emergency cholecystectomy between January 2005 and December 2020. We combined consecutive case series of GT and compared them with non-GT gallbladder disease.

Results

Six GT cases were diagnosed over the study duration. Five were female

SUBMITTER: Nho WY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8506771 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature