2017 WSES and SICG guidelines on acute calcolous cholecystitis in elderly population

Michele Pisano,Marco Ceresoli,Stefania Cimbanassi,Kurinchi Selvan Gurusamy,Federico Coccolini,Giuseppe Borzellino,Gianluca Costa,Niccolò Allievi,Bruno Amato,Djamila Boerma,Pietro Calcagno,Luca Campanati,Fabio Cesare Campanile,Alberto Casati,Osvaldo Chiara,Antonio Crucitti,Salomone Di Saverio,Marco Filauro,Francesco Gabrielli,Angelo Guttadauro,Yoram Kluger,Stefano Magnone,Cecilia Merli,Elia Poiasina,Alessandro Puzziello,Massimo Sartelli,Fausto Catena,Luca Ansaloni

2017 WSES and SICG guidelines on acute calcolous cholecystitis in elderly population

2019

Background Gallstone disease is very common afflicting 20 million people in the USA. In Europe, the overall incidence of gallstone disease is 18.8% in women and 9.5% in men. The frequency of gallstones related disease increases by age. The elderly population is increasing worldwide.

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Pediatrics
Gallstones
Emergency medicine
Disease
Cholecystitis
Population
Medicine
Family medicine
elderly population
Cholecystostomy
consensus conference
Contraindication

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