Postoperative acute acalculous cholecystitis
P. E. Jonsson and A. Andersson
Two patients with acute acalculous cholecystitis after major surgical
operations (cystectomy ad modum Bricker because of carcinoma of the urinary
bladder, and proctocolectomy because of ulcerative colitis) are described.
Various possible causes of acalculous cholecystitis after operation or
after trauma are discussed. Postoperative acute acalculous cholecystitis
has a more fulminant course than ordinary calculous cholecystitis.
Treatment consists of immediate cholecystectomy.
