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World J Gastrointest Surg. May 27, 2017; 9(5): 118-126
Published online May 27, 2017. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v9.i5.118
Published online May 27, 2017. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v9.i5.118
Acute calculous cholecystitis: Review of current best practices
Carlos Augusto Gomes, Cleber Soares Junior, Surgery Department, Hospital Universitário Therezinha de Jesus, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG 36033, Brazil
Salomone Di Saverio, Trauma Surgery Unit, Maggiore Hospital, 40121 Bologna, Italy
Massimo Sartelli, Department of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, 62100 Bologna, Italy
Michael Denis Kelly, Acute Surgical Unit, Canberra Hospital, Garran, ACT 2605, Australia
Camila Couto Gomes, Surgery Department, Hospital Governador Israel Pinheiro (HGIP - IPSEMG), Belo Horizonte, MG 30130-110, Brazil
Felipe Couto Gomes, Livia Dornellas Corrêa, Camila Brandão Alves, Samuel de Fádel Guimarães, Internal Medicine Unit, Hospital Universitário Therezinha de Jesus, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG 36033, Brazil
Author contributions: All authors had participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content according to ICMJE; Gomes CA, Junior CS, Di Saverio S, Sartelli M and Kelly MD had participated in the conception and design, acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data, revising it critically and ensuring the accuracy and integrity of manuscript; Gomes CC, Gomes FC, Corrêa LD, Alves CB and Guimarães SF had participated in drafting, acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data; revising it critically and ensuring the accuracy and integrity of manuscript; all authors have participated in the final version approval of manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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Correspondence to: Carlos Augusto Gomes, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Surgery Department, Hospital Universitário Therezinha de Jesus, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde Juiz de Fora, Alameda Salvaterra, 200 - Salvaterra, Juiz de Fora, MG 36033, Brazil. caxiaogomes@gmail.com
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Received: January 22, 2017
Peer-review started: January 23, 2017
First decision: February 17, 2017
Revised: March 11, 2017
Accepted: April 6, 2017
Article in press: April 10, 2017
Published online: May 27, 2017
Processing time: 118 Days and 10.1 Hours
Peer-review started: January 23, 2017
First decision: February 17, 2017
Revised: March 11, 2017
Accepted: April 6, 2017
Article in press: April 10, 2017
Published online: May 27, 2017
Processing time: 118 Days and 10.1 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: This paper presented herein is a practical and comprehensive review of the acute cholecystitis. This common intra-abdominal infection can proceed to severe complications due to its natural history and requires operative treatment. Surgeons should keep in mind some basic concepts to allow them to make correct decisions about ideal operative strategy including timing.