ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2026
Preoperative Inflammatory Markers (NLR, MLR, PLR) in Evaluating Acute Cholecystitis Severity and Operative Difficulty.
Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Comparison of NLR and CRP in Identifying Organ Dysfunction-Based Severe Presentation of Acute Cholangitis in Patients with Choledocholithiasis: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Dynamic perioperative inflammatory biomarkers predict intrauterine adhesion formation following hysteroscopic myomectomy: a prospective cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundAcute cholecystitis, a leading cause of urgent surgical intervention, poses challenges in predicting severity and operative complexity. This study characterized the immuno-inflammatory profile distinguishing acute from chronic cholecystitis and assessed whether blood-derived ratios-neutrophil-to-lymphocyte (NLR), monocyte-to-lymphocyte (MLR), and platelet-to-lymphocyte (PLR)-correlate with histologic severity and surgical difficulty.
methodsThe study retrospectively analyzed 759 patients undergoing cholecystectomy from 2016 to 2024. Inflammatory indices from preoperative bloodwork were compared across histopathologic subtypes (catarrhal, phlegmonous, gangrenous), clinical features, and surgical outcomes, including conversion to open procedure. Logistic regression and ROC analyses identified predictors of acute inflammation and conversion.
resultsAcute cholecystitis patients showed elevated NLR (7.0 vs. 3.1), MLR (0.44 vs. 0.26), and PLR (194 vs. 142; all
conclusionsRoutine hematologic ratios capture systemic immune activation in acute cholecystitis, reflecting histologic severity and operative risk. NLR, integrating innate and adaptive immune dynamics, offers a practical biomarker for preoperative risk stratification in acute care surgery.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.