Acute biliary conditions in geriatrics: analysis of 151 observations, clinical and diagnostic concepts

The authors performed a diagnostic review of 151 paticnts older than 65 who presented non-neoplasic acute biliary processes. The most frequent clinical findingswere discussed , pointing out: the poor simptomatology reiated to the magnitude of the surgical findings; the hig...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Mesa, Guillermo, Piacenza, Guillermo, Araújo, Raquel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1975
País:Uruguay
Institución:Sociedad de Cirugía del Uruguay
Repositorio:Revista Cirugía del Uruguay
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.revista.scu.org.uy:article/2609
Acceso en línea:https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/2609
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:colecistitis
colangitis
cholecystitits
cholangitis
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Sumario:The authors performed a diagnostic review of 151 paticnts older than 65 who presented non-neoplasic acute biliary processes. The most frequent clinical findingswere discussed , pointing out: the poor simptomatology reiated to the magnitude of the surgical findings; the high nccurrence of signs of participation of the commonbile duct (2 0 % of choledocholitiasis), the frequent eariy peritoneal involvement (9 % of the cases), so frequently ignored ( 7 cases out of 16). and the high incidence of associated affections (s pecially cardiovascula r ailments and d;abetes), which compel to an early surgery in order to correct the imbalance the acute biliary affection means far them.