ArticleSurgery research and practice2019
Acute Cholecystitis in Very Elderly Patients: Disease Management, Outcomes, and Risk Factors for Complications.
Article in Surgery research and practice, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06601855 (Cholecystectomy Could be Performed in Adults Older Than 80 Years Old With Mild to Moderate Acute Cholecystitis), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers.
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Cholecystectomy Could be Performed in Adults Older Than 80 Years Old With Mild to Moderate Acute Cholecystitis
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- Fast Track Pathway to Accelerated Cholecystectomy Versus Standard of Care for Acute Cholecystitis (FAST) pilot trial.Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgieTrial
- MANagement of Gallstone disease in the Older patient (MANGO): clinical and quality of life outcomes from a prospective multicentre cohort study.BMC surgery · 2026Observational
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- A 10-Year Study on Percutaneous Cholecystostomy for Acute Cholecystitis at a Tertiary Referral Hospital.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Value of Percutaneous Transhepatic Gallbladder Drainage for Advanced Acute Cholecystitis as a Bridging Procedure: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- One-year outcomes of elderly acute cholecystitis patients by index treatment.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
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- Comprehensive assessment of the management of acute cholecystitis in Scotland: population-wide cohort study.BJS open · 2023Article
- Prediction of morbidity and mortality after early cholecystectomy for acute calculous cholecystitis: results of the S.P.Ri.M.A.C.C. study.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2023Observational
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- Pyogenic Liver Abscess Complicating Acute Cholecystitis: Different Management Options.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Correlation of Inpatients Suffering from Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis during ICU Treatment with Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II Score, Duration of Ventilator Use, and Time on Total Parenteral Nutrition.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Article
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- Safe and feasible outcomes of cholecystectomy in extremely elderly patients (octogenarians vs. nonagenarians).Journal of minimally invasive surgery · 2021Article
- Safety of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis in the Elderly: A Multivariate Analysis of Risk Factors for Intra and Postoperative Complications.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
- Retrospective Analysis of Outcomes Following Percutaneous Cholecystostomy for Acute Cholecystitis.World journal of surgery · 2020Article
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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to evaluate the characteristics, management, and outcomes of acute cholecystitis in patients ≥80 years.
methodsThis was a retrospective analysis of data from a prospective single-center patient registry.
resultsThe study population was composed of 348 patients, which were divided into two groups: those younger (Group A) and those older (Group B) than the median age (85.4 years). Although demographic and clinical characteristics of the two groups were similar, the disease management was clearly different, with older patients undergoing cholecystectomy less frequently (
conclusionsIn elderly patients with AC, the choice of therapeutic options was not limited by the age per se, but rather by the disease severity (grade III AC) and/or poor physical status (ASA III-IV). In case of grade I-II AC, laparoscopic cholecystectomy can be safely performed and yield good results even in very old patients. Patients with grade III AC present high risk of morbidity and mortality, and the treatment should be individualized. ASA IV patients should avoid cholecystectomy, being antibiotic treatment and cholecystectomy the best option.
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