[The current possibilities for optimizing the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis]

Based on an analysis of the material of clinical observations of 1523 patients with acute cholecystitis the authors make a conclusion that findings of repeated echosonography with photometry and endoscopic intraduodenal electrothermometry of the duodenal mucosa allow reliable diagnosis of acute cholecystitis, estimation of the character of morphological alterations of the gallbladder wall, determination of the morphofunctional state of the liver. These methods allow to reliably control the course of the inflammatory process in acute cholecystitis and to timely change the curative tactics.