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ArticleActa radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987)2023

Comparison of severity and complication rates of acute cholecystitis during pandemic and pre-pandemic periods?

Gokhan Ongen, Omer Fatih Nas, Fuat Aksoy, Selman Candan, Halit Ziya Dundar, Rifat Ozpar, Mehmet Fatih Inecikli, Basak Erdemli Gursel, Pinar Tasar, Gursel Savci

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Article in Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06048575 (Characteristics of the Attention Provided to Patients With Cholecystitis in Villavicencio Hospitals, Colombia), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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NCT06048575 completednot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Characteristics of the Attention Provided to Patients With Cholecystitis in Villavicencio Hospitals, Colombia: A Retrospective Cross-sectional Trial.

TypeobservationalSponsorHospital Departamental de VillavicencioRan2025 to 2025Enrolled609ConditionsBiliary Tract DiseasesArmsCholecystectomy
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10 authors.

Gokhan OngenDepartment of Radiology, School of Medicine, 37523Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-7348-0813
Omer Fatih NasDepartment of Radiology, School of Medicine, 37523Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-6211-4191
Fuat AksoyDepartment of General Surgery, School of Medicine, 37523Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.
Selman CandanDepartment of Radiology, Kelkit State Hospital, Kelkit, Gumushane, Turkey.
Halit Ziya DundarDepartment of General Surgery, Bursa Medicana Hospital, Bursa, Turkey.
Rifat OzparDepartment of Radiology, School of Medicine, 37523Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-6649-9287
Mehmet Fatih InecikliDepartment of Radiology, School of Medicine, 37523Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-9796-8223
Basak Erdemli GurselDepartment of Radiology, School of Medicine, 37523Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.
Pinar TasarDepartment of General Surgery, School of Medicine, 37523Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.
Gursel SavciDepartment of Radiology, School of Medicine, 37523Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.

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Abstract

backgroundCancellations of surgeries for elective cases and late admissions of symptomatic cases during the pandemic period might have increased the number of cases of acute cholecystitis and its complications. PURPOSE: To compare the severity of acute cholecystitis and complication rates during the pandemic and pre-pandemic periods. MATERIAL AND

methodsWe evaluated the computed tomography (CT) findings observed for the diagnosis of complications for both acute simple and acute complicated cholecystitis during both the pandemic and pre-pandemic periods. Patients admitted to the hospital between March 2020 and December 2020 made up the study group and the corresponding appropriate patients from one year earlier were studied as the control group. In addition to the CT findings, clinical and laboratory findings, co-morbidities such as diabetes, as well as the admission time to hospital from the onset of the initial symptoms to hospital admission were also evaluated.

resultsA total of 88 patients were evaluated (54 in the study group, 34 in the control group; mean age = 64.3 ± 16.3 years). The male-to-female ratio was 51/37. The number of patients diagnosed with complicated cholecystitis were significantly higher in the study group (

conclusionOur study reveals the course of acute cholecystitis during the pandemic period was much more serious with higher complications.

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CholecystitisCholecystitis, AcuteDiabetes MellitusAgedAged, 80 and overComorbidityFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPandemicsacute cholecystitisComplicationCOVID-19pandemicperforation

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PMCPMC9692182

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