Calculous cholecystitis is a gallbladder inflammation that occurs due to the presence of gallstones (cholelithiasis). These gallstones can block the cystic duct, the channel through which bile flows ...

The most common cause of cholecystitis is gallstones. Less common causes include severe illness or infection, tumors, and injury or trauma. Cholecystitis is the medical term for gallbladder ...

Among patients who underwent gall bladder removal for acute calculous cholecystitis, lack of postoperative antibiotic treatment did not result in a greater incidence of infections, according to a ...

Postoperative antibiotics after gallbladder removal do not reduce the risk of infection, researchers reported. In a randomized trial, the infection rate after cholecystectomy was virtually identical ...

Not giving patients antibiotics after surgery to remove an inflamed and enlarged gallbladder did not lead to a greater incidence of infections, according to a study published in JAMA. About 20 percent ...

More than 90% of cases of acute cholecystitis are associated with cholelithiasis (acute calculous cholecystitis). The key elements in pathogenesis seem to be an obstruction of the cystic duct in the ...

Acute Calculous Cholecystitis Clinical Practice, N Engl J Med 2008:358;2804-2811. The second sentence in the Strategies and Evidence section, under Diagnosis (page 2805), should have read, “The pain ...