Surgical management of acute cholecystitis in a nationwide Danish cohort.

Purpose: In the Danish national guidelines from 2006 on the treatment of acute cholecystitis, early laparoscopic operation within 5 days after the debut of symptoms was recommended. The aim of this study was to analyze the outcome in patients with acute cholecystitis subjected to cholecystectomy in Denmark in the five-year period hereafter.

Methods: All patients undergoing cholecystectomy in the period 2006-2010 were registered in the Danish Cholecystectomy Database, from which outcome data were collected.