Acute Suppurative Cholangitis (5 of 8)

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Case description

Dormia basket is used to removal the calculi Emergency surgery for patients with severe acute cholangitis due to choledocholithiasis is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Emergency endoscopic drainage could improve the outcome of such patients. Elderly patients with acute cholangitis have a high incidence of severe cholangitis, concomitant medical illnesses, hypotension, altered sensorium, peritonism, renal failure and higher mortality even after successful biliary drainage.

tags: biliary tract endoscopy inflammation sphincterotomy

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