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Christina Haane1, Wolf Arif Mardin, Norbert Senninger

  • 1Department of General and Visceral Surgery University Hospital of Muenster Muenster, Germany soerentorge.mees@ukmuenster.de.

Annals of Surgery
|December 18, 2012
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Cholecystitis

Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder, most commonly caused by obstruction of the cystic duct. This blockage prevents bile from draining, leading to gallbladder distension, inflammation, and potentially serious complications. This condition may present acutely or chronically and can happen with or without gallstones.EtiologyAbout 95% of cholecystitis cases are calculous, caused by gallstones blocking the cystic duct, leading to bile accumulation and inflammation of the gallbladder...