Introduction: The current treatment for acute calculous cholecystitis (ACC) is early laparoscopic cholecystectomy, in association with appropriate empiric antibiotic therapy. In our country, the evolution of the prevalence of the germs involved and their resistance patterns have been scarcely described. The aim of the study was to analyze the bacterial etiology and the antibiotic resistance patterns in ACC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There has been significant debate about the advantages and disadvantages of using administrative databases or clinical registry in healthcare improvement programs. The aim of this study was to review the implementation and outcomes of an accountability policy through a registry maintained by professionals of the surgical department.
Materials And Methods: All patients admitted to the department between 2003 and 2022 were prospectively included.
Purpose: Although mortality and morbidity of severe acute calculous cholecystitis (ACC) are still a matter of concern, the impact of inadequate empirical antibiotic therapy has been poorly studied as a risk factor. The objective was to assess the impact of the adequacy of empirical antibiotic therapy on complication and mortality rates in ACC.
Methods: This observational retrospective cohort chart-based single-center study was conducted between 2012 and 2016.
This mini review summarizes the controversies regarding routine parathyroid identification reviews publications that assess visual scores to predict parathyroid function after thyroidectomy during the pre-ICG era.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To challenge the risk factors described in Tokyo Guidelines in Acute Calculous Cholecystitis.
Methods: Retrospective single center cohort study with 963 patients with Acute Cholecystitis during a period of 5 years. Some 725 patients with a "pure" Acute Calculous Cholecystitis were selected.