PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS OF GALLBLADDER PERFORATION BY CHOLESCINTIGRAPHY

Authors
ALBU E PATEL K PATEL M RAO D MAKSUMOVA Z GERST PH
Citation
E. Albu et al., PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS OF GALLBLADDER PERFORATION BY CHOLESCINTIGRAPHY, The American surgeon, 62(12), 1996, pp. 1066-1067
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
The American surgeon → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031348
Volume
62
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1066 - 1067
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-1348(1996)62:12<1066:PDOGPB>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Perforation of the gallbladder in patients with chronic cholecystitis is rarely diagnosed preoperatively. We describe a case in which early cholescintigraphy permitted preoperative diagnosis and, therefore, pro mpt laparotomy.