Chronic cholecystitis in elderly patients. Correlation of the severity of inflammation with the number and size of the stones.

Background: [corrected] The present study focused on cholecystectomized elderly patients and aimed to investigate whether inflammation in the gallbladder wall was associated with the number and size of gallstones, as well as the patients' age.

Patients And Methods: The present study included 306 cholecystectomized patients aged over 65 years. From the specimens derived from cholecystectomy, the gallstone number, the largest gallstone diameter and gallbladder wall thickness were determined.